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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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BIRTH-RATE, DEATH-RATE, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1932.
(Non-civilians included).
| - | Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still-births | All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | Total Deaths under one year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners. | Inquest cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |
| Shoreditch | 17.5 | 0.65 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.63 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.43 | 15.5 | 80 | 88.31 | 5.93 | 5. 76 | |
| England and Wales | 15.3 | 0.66 | 12.0 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.33 | 0.54 | 6.6 | 65 | 91.1 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| 118 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 15.4 | 0.64 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.28 | 0.54 | 8.6 | 70 | 91.3 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| 126 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 15.2 | 0.68 | 11.4 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 0.53 | 5.3 | 61 | 91.9 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | |
| London | 14.3 | 0.46 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.28 | 0.57 | 12.5 | 67 | 89.4 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 0.0 |