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Shoreditch 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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The distribution of the deaths and the death rates in the different wards is
given below:—

Table No. 15

Ward.Males.Females.Total.Deaths per 1,000 population.Deaths of infants under 1 year per 1,000 births registered.
Moorfields21244513.525.6
Church1009419414.058.8
Hoxton707814811.060.8
Wenlock877316012.046.9
Whitmore918017113.554.7
Kingsland48429011.150.0
Haggerston52469811.749.3
Acton615912013.264.2
Totals5304961,02612.554.0

In Table No. 26 on page 40 will be found the numbers of deaths from different
causes and at different ages with their distribution by wards, together with
particulars of deaths in public institutions within the Borough.
Considering the deaths at all ages the chief causes are seen to be as follows:—
Heart disease, 272 (26.5 per cent.) cancer, 133 (13.0 per cent.); tuberculosis, all
forms, 86 (8.4 per cent.); bronchitis, 47 (4.6 per cent.); pneumonia, all forms, 91
(8.9 per cent.). The number of deaths due to accidents in connection with vehicular
traffic was 10. In the years 1933 to 1936 inclusive, the corresponding figures were
respectively 17, 19, 17 and 7. The particulars regarding deaths from cancer are
contained in Table No. 24 on page 37 .
The death rate for Shoreditch for 1936 was 12.8, so that the rate for 1937
represents a decrease. The crude rate for Shoreditch is still slightly below
the average for the last ten years, but it is slightly higher than the rates for London
as a whole and for England and Wales respectively. The crude death rate does not
give a very accurate conception of the position, but it should be noted (see Table
No. 25 on page 38) that there are six other London boroughs whose adjusted death
rates are higher than that of Shoreditch.
As has been mentioned, the number of deaths upon which the crude death rate
is calculated was 1,026, and the corresponding figure for 1936 was 1,094.