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Shoreditch 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Table No. 4
ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1937
| DISTRICTS. | Estimated Population 1937. | ANNUAL RATE PER 1,000 PERSONS LIVING. | Infants under 1 year. Death rate per 1,000 Live Births. | PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHS. | DEATHS DURING THE YEARS | DEATHS DURING 1937 FROM | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||||
| cols! 2.8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | * Fever. | † Diarrhœa Enteritis (under 2 yea | Tuberculous Disease. | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,094,500 | 13.4 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 0.29 | ... | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.76 | 0.51 | 60 | 5.9 | 0.0 | |
| Shoreditch | 82,240 | 14.9 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 0.28 | ... | 0.02 | ... | 0.04 | 0.09 | ... | 0.13 | 1.05 | 0.36 | 54 | 6.5 | 76.6 | 0.09 |
| Wards. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Moorfields | 3,332 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 15.3 | 13.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.90 | 0.30 | 26 | 80.0 | ... | ||
| Church | 13,899 | 17.1 | 14.4 | 11.4 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 0.29 | ... | 0.07 | ... | ... | 0.07 | ... | 0.14 | 0.86 | 0.43 | 59 | 9.8 | 75.3 | ... |
| Hoxton | 13,472 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 10.5 | 12.9 | 11.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.41 | 0.29 | 61 | 6.1 | 79.1 | ... | |
| Wenlock | 13,295 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 0.23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.08 | ... | 0.15 | 1.35 | 0.60 | 47 | 8.1 | 79.4 | ... |
| Whitmore | 12,685 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 0.47 | ... | 0.08 | ... | ... | 0.08 | ... | 0.32 | 1.03 | 0.24 | 55 | 7.0 | 82.5 | ... |
| Kingsland | 8,110 | 14.8 | 12.4 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 0.49 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.25 | ... | 0.25 | 0.86 | 0.62 | 50 | 5.6 | 67.8 | ... |
| Haggerston | 8,367 | 17.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 14.3 | 11.7 | 0.48 | ... | ... | ... | 0.36 | 0.11 | ... | ... | 0.72 | 0.12 | 49 | 4.1 | 73.5 | ... |
| Acton | 9,080 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 13.2 | 0.22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.11 | ... | 0.11 | 0.88 | 0.33 | 64 | 4.0 | 71 7 | 0.80 |
* Fever includes typhus, typhoid and continued fevers.
† Diarrhoea in this table includes enteritis in children under two years.
Note.—Where the deaths under any heading are too few to express as a rate per 1,000 within two places of decimals, 0 00 is inserted ; where no deaths have occurred
dots are placed in the space under the heading. The London population is adjusted to the middle of 1937.