[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 17

Shoreditch 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table No. 5

BIRTH.RATE, DEATH.RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1937

(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.
—	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	12.5		...	0.02		0.09	0.04	0.34	0.36	9.0	54	84.2	6.5	9.2	0.09
England and Wales	14.9	0.60	12.4	0.01		0.03	0.01	0.04	0.07	0.45	0.56	5.5	58	90.4	6.1	2.5	1.0
125 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London	14.9	0.58	12.5	0.01		0.03	0.01	0.05	0.08	0.41	0.54	7.4	62	90.8	5.5	3.2	0.5
148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931)	15.1	0.64	11.8	0.01		0.03	0.01	0.04	0.07	0.44	0.57	4.6	56	92.1	5.1	1.7	1.1
London	13.4	0.46	12.5	0.00		0.01	0.01	0.06	0.05	0.40	0.56	12.3	60	87.5	5.9	6.6	0.0

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The maternal mortality rates for Shoreditch, and England and Wales, are as follows:—

	Puerperal Sepsis.	Other Causes.	Total.
England and Wales, per 1,000 live births	0.97	2.26	3.23
„ ,, per 1,000 total births	0.94	2.17	3.11
Shoreditch, per 1,000 live births	0.82	2.45	3.27
„ per 1,000 total births	0.79	2.38	3.17