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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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Deaths from Tuberculosis in the Borough During 1936.
| AGES. | DEATHS IN EACH WARD. | SEX. | TOTAL. | DEATHS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not in institutions. | St. Leonards Hospital | Other institutions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 5 ,, | 5 to 10 „ | 10 to 15 „ | 15 to 20 ,, | 20 to 25 ,, | 25 to 35 „ | 35 to 45 „ | 45 to 55 „ | 55 to 65 ,, | 65 to 75 „ | 75 and upwards. | Moorfields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wenlock. | Whitmore. | Kingsland. | Haggerston. | Acton. | Male. | Female. | |||||||||||||||
| Belonging to Shoreditch. | Not belonging to Shoreditch. | Belonging to Shoreditch. | Not belonging to Shoreditch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| All forms | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 6 | - | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 61 | 14 | 23 | 16 | - | 8 | |
| Respiratory system | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | - | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | o | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 50 | 13 | 21 | 14 | - | 8 |
| Central nervous system | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Intestines and peritoneum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||||||
| Vertebral column | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Other bones and joints | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Skin and subcutaneous tissue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Lymphatic system (abdominal glands excepted) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Genito-urinary system | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |||||||
| Other organs- Adrenals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Other sites | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Disseminated tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Acute | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Chronic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Not distinguished as acute or chronic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |||||||