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Shoreditch 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Infantile Mortality in the Borough during the Year 1936.

Infantile Mortality in the Borough during the Year 1936.

CAUSE OF DEATH.*AGES.*DEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.Total Deaths under 1 year.
Under 1 day.1 day to 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1 Enteric fever...............................................................
2 Smallpox...............................................................
3 Measles.....................124-13—......3—.........617
4 Scarlet fever...............................................................
5 Whooping cough.....................3...11—-1...1—...—1......224
6 Diphtheria...............................................................
7 Erysipelas...............................................................
8 Mumps...............................................................
9 Acute poliomyelitis...............................................................
10 German measles...............................................................
11 Varicella...............................................................
12 Influenza...............................................................
13 (a) with pulmonary complications...............................................................
14 (b) with non - pulmonary complications...............................................................
15 (c) with stated complications...............................................................
16 Encephalitis lethargica...............................................................
17 Meningococcal meningitis.....................1........................1-...1...1
18 Tuberculosis of respiratory system...............................................................
19 Other tuberculous diseases........................12......—1—1......1-...123
20 Bronchitis.....................12......2—............—1...213
21 Pneumonia (all forms)...1......125447—1333111113121...13922
22 Pleurisy...............................................................
23 Empyema...............................................................
24 Other pleurisy...............................................................
25 Laryngitis...............................................................
26 Rickets...............................................................
27 Convulsions...............................................................
28 Diarrhœa and enteritis..................21184-134—12121112312111425
29 Ulcer of stomach...............................................................
30 Other diseases of the stomach...............................................................
31 Syphilis...............................................................
32 Congenital malformation121......411......—111......111-......336
33 Congenital debility and icterus.........1...1.................................1-1...1
34 Premature birth92.........112.........1—422-.........—22-9413
35 Injury at birth.............................................—...............
36 Accidental mechanical suffocation.....................1........................-1......11
37 Atelectasis4............4...............1-......2—-1......314
38 Other defined diseases......1......112...1...1—...111-...—1...325
39 Causes ill-defined or unknown...............................................................
Other violence...............................................................
Totals14521123112517192418115354103546942554095
* Deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring within the Borough are excluded. Deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring beyond limits of Borough are included.