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Shoreditch 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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BIRTH-RATE, DEATH-RATE, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1936.

(Non-civilians included.)

Rate per 1,000 total population.Annual death-rate per 1,000 Population.Rate per 1,000 live births.Percentage of total deaths.
Live births.Still births.All causes.Typhoid and Paratyphoid FeversSmall-pox.Measles.Scarlet fever.Whooping cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhoea and enteritis (under two years).Total deaths under one year.Certified by registered medical practitioners.Inquest cases.Certified by coroner after P.M. No inquest.Uncertified causes of death.
Shoreditch14.90.4912.8......0.48...0.090.060.120.5022.07588.54.27.10.2
England and Wales14.80.6112.10.01...0.070.010.050.080.150.555.75990.46.22.41.0
122 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London14.90.5912.30.01...0.100.010.060.090.130.547.86390.95.63.00.5
143 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931)15.00.6411.60.01...0 .050.010.040.070.160.544.65692.05.01.91.1
London13.60.4512.30.01...0.140.010.070.050.130.5614.56687.95.96.10.1

The maternal mortality rates for Shoreditch, and England and Wales, are as follows :—

Puerperal Sepsis.Other Causes.Total.
England and Wales, per 1,000 live births..1.402.413.81
„ ,, per 1,000 total births1.342.313.65
Shoreditch, per 1,000 live births0.000.000.00
„ per 1,000 total births0.000.000.00