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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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ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1936.
| DISTRICTS. | Estimated Population 1936. | ANNUAL RATE PER 1,000 PERSONS LIVING. | Infants under 1 vear. Death rate p* r 1,000 Live Bijths. | PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL DEA'l HS. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHS. | DEATHS DURING THE YEARS | DEATHS DURING 1936 FROM | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||||
| I (cols 2-8) | 2 | 3 | 4. | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | zo | ||||||||||||
| 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | Principal Zymotic Disease | Smallpox | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | *Fever. | fDiarrhcea Enteritis (under 2 years). | ruberculous Disease | Violence. | |||||||
| London | 4,141,100 | 13.6 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 0.48 | ... | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.78 | 0.56 | 66 | 5.9 | - | 0.1 |
| Shoreditch | 85,400 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 0.96 | ... | 0.48 | ... | 0.06 | 0.09 | ... | 0.33 | 0.71 | 0.50 | 75 | 4.2 | 73.5 | 0.18 |
| Moorfields | 3,458 | 12.1 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 1503 | 1.44 | ... | 0.87 | ... | ... | 0.29 | ... | 0.29 | 1.74 | 0.58 | 143 | 3.8 | 79.2 | ... |
| Church | 14,436 | 17.5 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 11.4 | 13.8 | 1.52 | ... | 0.76 | ... | ... | 0.29 | ... | 0.48 | 0.90 | 0.55 | 115 | 4.0 | 77.9 | ... |
| Hoxton | 13,990 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 10.5 | 12.9 | 0.50 | ... | 0.29 | ... | 0.07 | ... | ... | 0.14 | 0.36 | O.29 | 40 | 1 .6 | 71.3 | ... |
| Wenlock | 13,807 | 14.9 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 0.65 | ... | 0.29 | ... | ... | 0.07 | ... | 0.29 | O.65 | 0.58 | 44 | 4.8 | 70.8 | ... |
| Whitmore | 13,172 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 1.21 | ... | 0.83 | ... | 0.15 | ... | ... | 0.23 | 0.68 | 0.15 | 65 | 2.4 | 76.6 | 0.59 |
| Kingsland | 8,423 | 14.5 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 1.06 | ... | 0.59 | ... | 0.12 | 0.12 | ... | 0.24 | 0.12 | 0.71 | 74 | 6.7 | 69.5 | ... |
| Haggerston | 8,686 | 16.2 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 14.3 | 1.27 | ... | 0.35 | ... | 0.12 | 0.12 | ... | 0.69 | 0.15 | 1.04 | 106 | 8.1 | 72.6 | 0.80 |
| Acton | 9,428 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 0.32 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.32 | 0.85 | 0.42 | 53 | 4.1 | 70.1 | ... |
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* Fever includes typhus, typhoid and continued fevers.
†Diarrhoea in this table includes enteritis in children under two years.
NOTE.-Where the deaths under any heading are too few to express as a rate per 1.000 within two places of decimals, 0*00 is inserted ; where no deaths have occurred
dots are placed in the space under the heading. The London population is adjusted to the middle of 1936.