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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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BIRTH-RATE. DEATH-RATE, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1934.
(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 | 161 | 0.52 | 13.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.53 | 21.3 | 84 | 87.6 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| England and Wales | 14.8 | 0.62 | 11.8 | 0 00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.54 | 5.5 | 59 | 90.4 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 |
| 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.7 | 0.66 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.47 | 7.4 | 63 | 90.5 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 0.5 |
| 135 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 15.0 | 0.67 | 11.3 | 0.00 | – | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.42 | 3.6 | 53 | 91.2 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| London | 13.2 | 0.50 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.56 | 12.6 | 67 | 87.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
The maternal mortalitv rates for Shoreditch, and England and Wales, are as follows :—
| Puerperal Sepsis. | Other Causes. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales, per 1,000 live births | 2 03 | 2.57 | 4.60 |
| ,, ,, per 1,000 total births | 1.95 | 2.46 | 4.41 |
| Shoreditch, per 1,000 live births | 0.00 | 0.69 | 0.69 |
| ,, per 1,000 total births | 0.00 | 0.66 | 0.66 |