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Shoreditch 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The causes of deaths at all ages together with Ward distribution and particulars relating to - the deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough is contained in the following table:—
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES. | DEATHS IN EACH WARD. | SEX. | Holborn Institution. | St. Leonard's Hospital. | Royal Chest Hospital. | Home of Good Shepherd. | Convent Hospital. | Infant Welfare Centre. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and Upwards | Moorfields. | Church. | Hoxton | Wenlock. | Whitmore. | Kingsland. | Haggerston. | Acton. | Male. | Female. | Belonging to Shoreditch. | Not belonging to Shoreditch. | Belonging to Shoreditch. | Not belonging to Shoreditch. | Belonging to Shoreditch. | Not belonging to Shoreditch. | Belonging to Shoreditch. | Not belonging to Shoreditch. | Belonging to Shoreditch. | Not belonging to Shoreditch. | Belonging to Shoreditch. | Not belonging to Shoreditch. | ||||||||||
| All Causes | 122 | 40 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 42 | 59 | 132 | 200 | 262 | 180 | | 36 | 19 | |30 | 135 | ,86 | 1191 | 86 | 94 | 89 | 105 | 87 | 66! | 45 | 63 | 57 | 62 | 45 | 663 | 525 | 17 | 116 | 527 | 51 | 16 | 46 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Measles | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | i | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Scarlet fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Whooping cough | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Diphtheria | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Influenza | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 25 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Other tuberculous diseases | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Syphilis | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Cancer, malignant disease | 1 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 37 | 43 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 77 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Cerebral haemorrhage, &c. | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Heart disease | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 95 | 67 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 20 | 26 | iy | 13 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 144 | 125 | 10 | 44 | 102 | 2 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Aneurysm | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Other circulatory diseases | 5 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 74 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 21 | Other respiratory diseases | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Peptic ulcer | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Diarrhoea, etc. | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Appendicitis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Other diseases of liver &c. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 28 | Acute and chronic nephritis | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | Puerperal sepsis | ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Other puerperal causes | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, &c. | 46 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Senility | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Suicide | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Other violence | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 35 | Other defined diseases | 6 | 2* | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13* | l1† | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10* | 1 | 6† | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 22 | 1 | 5* | 50† | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| 36 | Causes, ill defined or unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Includes 1 death from erysipelas.
† Includes 2 deaths from erysipelas.
* Includes 2 deaths from erysipelas.
† Includes 4 deaths from erysipelas.
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