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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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Deaths from measles (all ages) 41
,, whooping cough (all ages) 8
„ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 28
„ pulmonary tuberculosis 50
„ all forms of tuberculosis 61
Death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis 0.58
Death rate from all forms of tuberculosis 0.71
For purposes of comparison the vital statistics of the Borough during recent years are given in the following table :—
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Number. | Rate. | Of Nonresidents registered in the District. | Of residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1930 | 98960 | 1664 | 1988 | 20.3 | 1097 | 11.2 | 214 | 325 | 129 | 65 | 1208 | 12.3 |
| 1931 | 98260 | ] 399 | 1684 | 17.1 | 1105 | 11.2 | 195 | 317 | 126 | 75 | 1227 | 12.5 |
| 1932 | 95800 | 1361 | 1674 | 17.5 | 1039 | 10.8 | 215 | 356 | 134 | 80 | 1180 | 12.3 |
| 1933 | 93550 | 1233 | 1494 | 16.0 | 1153 | 12.3 | 254 | 313 | 110 | 74 | 1212 | 13.0 |
| 1934 | 90630 | 1223 | 1456 | 16.1 | 1096 | 12.1 | 219 | 311 | 122 | 84 | 1188 | 13.1 |
| 1935 | 88400 | 1121 | 1290 | 14.6 | 1013 | 11.4 | 294 | 282 | 67 | 52 | 1001 | 11.3 |
| 1936 | 85400 | 1174 | 1274 | 14.9 | 1224 | 14.3 | 442 | 312 | 95 | 75 | 1094 | 12.8 |
Note.—This table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the
Borough, and the births and deaths properly belonging to it with the corresponding
rates. The rates are calculated per 1,000 of the estimated population.
In column 6 are included the whole of the deaths, except those of soldiers and
sailors in public institutions, which were registered during the year as having actually
occurred within the Borough. In column 12 is entered the number in column 6
corrected by subtraction of the number in column 8 and by the addition
of the number in column 9. Deaths in column 10 have been similarly corrected by
subtraction of the deaths under one year included in the number given in column 8
and by addition of the deaths under one year included in the number given in column 9.
"Transferable deaths" are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual
residence in England or Wales, die in a district other than that in which they reside.