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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The following table gives comparative annual figures for mortality from whooping
cough.
Whooping Cough.
Year. | Shoreditch. | London. Death rate. | England and Wales. Death rate. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death rate. | |||
1920 | 12 | 0.17 | 0.12 | |
1921 | 19 | 0.12 | 0.12 | |
1922 | 27 | 0.25 | 0.17 | |
1923 | 10 | 0.09 | 0.11 | |
1924 | 28 | 0.11 | 0.10 | |
1925 | 29 | 0.19 | 0.16 | |
1926 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.11 | |
1927 | 24 | 0.12 | 0.09 | |
1928 | 5 | 0.09 | 0.08 | |
1929 | 40 | 0.26 | 0.16 | |
1930 | 3 | 0.03 | 0.05 | |
1931 | 11 | 0.07 | 0.06 | |
1932 | 4 | 0.08 | 0.07 | |
1933 | 14 | 0.08 | 0.06 | |
1934 | 12 | 0.07 | 0.05 | |
1935 | 4 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
1936 | 8 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
Influenza.
The year 1936 was not an influenza year. Ten deaths occurred from this disease, which gives a death rate of 0.12. The following table gives comparative annual figures for mortality from influenza.
Year. | Shoreditch. | London. Death rate. | England and Wales. Death rate. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death rate. | |||
1920 | 51 | - | 0.28 | |
1921 | 27 | 0.23 | 0.24 | |
1922 | 69 | 0.57 | 0.56 | |
1923 | 14 | 0.17 | 0.22 | |
1924 | 28 | 0.37 | 0.49 | |
1925 | 19 | 0.24 | 0.33 | |
1926 | 25 | 0.18 | 0.23 | |
1927 | 25 | 0.40 | 0.57 | |
1928 | 16 | 0.13 | 0.20 | |
1929 | 68 | 0.71 | 0.73 | |
1930 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.13 | |
1931 | 23 | 0.25 | 0.36 | |
1932 | 19 | 0.28 | 0.33 | |
1933 | 45 | 0.52 | 0.57 | |
1934 | 6 | 0.12 | 0.14 | |
1935 | 14 | 0.11 | 0.18 | |
1936 | 10 | 0.13 | 0.15 |