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Shoreditch 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: THE DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS NUMBERING 101, ARE CLASSIFIED AS TO SITE OF DISEASE AND WARD IN THE FOLLOWING TABLEDEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1932.

THE DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS NUMBERING 101, ARE CLASSIFIED AS TO SITE OF DISEASE AND WARD IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE

DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1932.

AGES.DEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.DEATHS.
Under 1 year.1 to 2 years.2 to 5 years.5 to 10 years.I 10 to 15 years.15 to 20 years.20 to 25 years.25 to 35 years.35 to 45 years.45 to 55 vears.55 to 65 years.65 to 75 years.75 and upwards.| Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.TOTAL.Not in Institutions.St. Leonard's Hospital.Other Institutions
Belonging to Shoreditch.Not belonging to Shoreditch.Belonging to Shoreditch.Not belonging to Shoreditch.
All forms22352111322111794...617151912717861401012635946
Respiratory system1......2291320111794...51612161061675434882531936
Central nervous system1...23.........1...............111121......437...3.........
Intestines and periteum...............1..........................................11...1...............
Vertebral column....................................................................................
Other bones and joints.......................................................................................
Skin and subcutaneous tissue.......................................................................................
Lymphatic system (abdominal glands excepted).......................................................................................
Genito-urinary system.......................................................................................
Other organs—
Adrenals.......................................................................................
Other sites.......................................................................................
Disseminated Tuberculosis—
Acute...21......1...........................21......1...224.........1...
Chronic.......................................................................................
Not distinguished as acute or chronic.....................1........................1...............1111.........

Table: The death rates per 1,000 from all forms of Tuberculosis in Shoreditch and London during the last 10 years are compared in the following table : —

The death rates per 1,000 from all forms of Tuberculosis in Shoreditch and London during the last 10 years are compared in the following table : —

Year.Shoreditch.London.
19231.51.1
19241.31.1
19251.41.0
19261.40.9
19271.071.05
19281.360.98
19291.151.03
19301.00.96
19311.081.02
19321.050.89