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Shoreditch 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Infantile Mortality in the Borough during the Year 1934.

cause of death.*ages.*deaths in each ward.sex.
Under 1 day.I day to 1 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.
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1 Enteric fever...............................................................
2 Smallpox...............................................................
3 Measles.....................1225......112......1...23
4 Scarlet fever............................................................
5 Whooping cough........................1...2...1...1............11
6 Diphtheria...............................................................
7 Erysipelas...............................................................
8 Mumps...............................................................
9 Acute poliomyelitis...............................................................
]0 German measles...............................................................
11 Varicella...............................................................
12 Influenza...............................................................
13 (a) with pulmonary complications...............................................................
14 (b) with non - pulmonary complications...............................................................
15 (c) without stated complications...............................................................
16 Encephalitis lethargica...............................................................
17 Meningococcal meningitis.....................1......11........................1
18 Tuberculosis of respiratory system...............................................................
19 Other tuberculous diseases.....................1113............11112
20 Bronchitis...........................11......1...............1...
21 Pneumonia (all forms)............1181152271312314431311413
22 Pleurisy...............................................................
23 Empyema...............................................................
24 Other pleurisy...............................................................
25 Laryngitis...............................................................
26 Rickets...............................................................
27 Convulsions...............................................................
28 Diarrhoea and enteritis..................471432824433531211513
29 Ulcer of stomach...............................................................
30 Other diseases of the stomach...............................................................
31 Syphilis..................1.........1...1.....................1
32 Congenital malformation...6...1...75.........12...212211"1157
33 Congenital debility and icterus...4.........4............4...1...111.........22
34 Premature birth13721...233.........261223324511111214
35 Injury at birth......1......1............1............1............1
36 Accidental mechanical suffocation...............................................................
37 Atelectasis11.........21.........3...111...............12
38 Other defined diseases...............121...8...12122.........71
39 Causes ill-defined or unknown...............................................................
Other violence...............................................................
Totals141832138232324141225101111891814117551526161

* 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. These notes apply to ages and deaths in each ward.