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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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SUMMARY. 1936.
| Area of Borough | 562 acres | ||||||
| Average height above sea-level | 60 feet | ||||||
| Population (Registrar-General's mid-year estimate) | 85,400 | ||||||
| Estimated number of houses | 13,990 | ||||||
| Number of families (1931 census) | 25,156 | ||||||
| Rateable value | £814,519 | ||||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £3,000 | 16s. | 8d. | ||||
| London. | |||||||
| Average. | Average | ||||||
| 1936. | 1926-1935. | 1936. | 1926-35. | ||||
| Birth rate (rate per 1,000 living) | 14.92 | 18.70 | 13.6 | 14.97 | |||
| Still births (rate per 1,000 total births) | 31.91 | 32.18 | 31.9 | 32.191 | |||
| Death rate (deaths per 1,000 living) | 12.81 | 12.92 | 12.3 | 12.03 | |||
| Marriage rate (persons married per 1,000 living) | 19.6 | 19.08 | 21.5 | 18.65 | |||
| Infantile mortality rate— (deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births) | 75 | 73 | 66 | 64 | |||
| Maternal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) | 0.00 | 2.46 | 1.92 | 3.13 | |||
| Death rate from pneumonia and bronchitis | 1.08 | 2.01 | 1.35 | 1.53 | |||
| ,, ,, cancer | 1.66 | 1.40 | 1.75 | 1.59 | |||
| „ „ diarrhoea and enteritis (under 2 years) per 1,000 births | 21.98 | 12.87 | 14.5 | 10.88 | |||
| Cases. | Case-rate. | Deaths. | Deathrate. | ||||
| Smallpox | 0 | o.oo | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Scarlet fever | 256 | 3.00 | 0 | o.oo | |||
| Diphtheria | 176 | 2.06 | 5 | 0.06 | |||
| Typhoid fever | 5 | 0.06 | 0 | o.oo | |||
| Measles (all ages) | — | — | 41 | 0.48 | |||
| ,, (notified cases under 5 years) | 975‡ | — | — | — | |||
| Puerperal fever | 2 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 96 | 1.12 | 50 | 0.58 | |||
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 20 | 0.23 | 11 | 0.13 | |||
* Average rate for 1930-1935; Still births were not recorded before 1930.
‡ This figure represents only the first cases under 5 years in each household.