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Shoreditch 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Infantile Mortality in the Borough during Year, 1933.

CAUSE OF DEATH.*AGES.*DEATHS IN EACH WARD.sex.
Under 1 day.1 day-l week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total under 1 year.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1 Enteric fever...............................................................
2 Smallpox...............................................................
3 Measles........................1...1............1............1
4 Scarlet fever...............................................................
5 Whooping cough.....................3126...1113.........15
6 Diphtheria...............................................................
7 Erysipelas.....................1......1.........1............1...
8 Mumps...............................................................
9 Acute poliomyelitis...............................................................
10 German measles................................................................
11 Varicella...............................................................
12 Influenza........................1...1............1............1
13 (a) with Pulmonary complications...............................................................
14 (b) with Non - Pulmonary complications........................1...1............1............1
15 (c) without stated complications...............................................................
16 Encephalitis Lethargica...............................................................
17 Meningococcal Meningitis.....................2......2...............11......2
18 Tuberculosis of respiratory system...............................................................
19 Other Tuberculous diseases...........................11............1.........1...
20 Bronchitis..................111...3...11......1.........21
21 Pneumonia (all forms)..................3710121...3350...3111...22147
22 Pleurisy...............................................................
23 Empyema..............................................................
24 Other Pleurisy...............................................................
25 Laringitis...............................................................
26 Rickets...............................................................
27 Convulsions......1......1...1......21.........1.........2...
28 Diarrhoea and Enteritis..................11244211751232......147
29 Ulcer of stomach...............................................................
30 Other diseases of the stomach...............................................................
31 Syphilis..................1.........1............1............1
32 Congenital malformation113......5...1......6......111111...51
33 Congenital debility and icterus2............2...22...6......121...1133
34 Premature birth6831...182.........20212112122411...137
35 Injury at birth...3......14............4...11...1......122
36 Accidental mechanical (suffocation)...1.........11.........2...11...............2...
37 Atelectasis21.........3............3...1...11.........12
38 Other defined diseases..................13...15...1111.........132
39 Causes ill-defined or unknown...............................................................
Other Violence2............2...1...14...1......12.........22
Totals131471136103421101114115141136615138235416645

* Deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring within the Borough are excluded.
* Deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring beyond limits of Borough are included.