Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | ||||||||||||||
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Live births. | Still births. | All causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Small-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. | |
Shoreditch | 14.9 | 0.49 | 12.8 | ... | ... | 0.48 | ... | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.50 | 22.0 | 75 | 88.5 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
England and Wales | 14.8 | 0.61 | 12.1 | 0.01 | ... | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.55 | 5.7 | 59 | 90.4 | 6.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 |
122 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.9 | 0.59 | 12.3 | 0.01 | ... | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.54 | 7.8 | 63 | 90.9 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 0.5 |
143 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 15.0 | 0.64 | 11.6 | 0.01 | ... | 0 .05 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.54 | 4.6 | 56 | 92.0 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
London | 13.6 | 0.45 | 12.3 | 0.01 | ... | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.56 | 14.5 | 66 | 87.9 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 0.1 |
The maternal mortality rates for Shoreditch, and England and Wales, are as follows :—
Puerperal Sepsis. | Other Causes. | Total. | |
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England and Wales, per 1,000 live births.. | 1.40 | 2.41 | 3.81 |
„ ,, per 1,000 total births | 1.34 | 2.31 | 3.65 |
Shoreditch, per 1,000 live births | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
„ per 1,000 total births | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |