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Shoreditch 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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LIST OF PRINCIPAL STATISTICAL TABLES CONTAINED
IN THE REPORT
Section I.—Statistics and General Information. page
Table No. 1 Statistical summary 13
2 Extracts from vital statistics for 1937 14
3 Whole district during 1937 and previous years 15
4 Comparison of Shoreditch and London birth and death
rates for 1937 10
5 Birth rate, death rate and analysis of mortality
during 1937 17
6 Unemployment in Shoreditch 19
Section II.—Population, Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Table No. 8 Ward population and density 24
10 Births and birth rates in the wards 25
12 Birth rates: Comparison between Shoreditch, London,
and England & Wales for period of years 27
13 Marriages and marriage rates for period of years 28
14 Death rates: Comparison between Shoreditch, London,
and England & Wales for period of years 29
15 Deaths and death rates in the wards 30
17 Deaths in age groups 31
19 Infantile mortality: Comparative table, Shoreditch,
London, and England & Wales for period of years 34
20 Infantile mortality in borough during 1937 f 34
22 Maternal mortality : Comparison between Shoreditch,
London and England & Wales for period of years 36
24 Cancer: deaths during 1937 37
25 Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs 38
26 Deaths, causes of, during 1937 40
Section III.—Infectious and other diseases.
Table No. 27 Cases of infectious disease notified during 1937 43
29 Vaccination Officers' return 45
31 Scarlet fever: cases and case rates in the wards 47
34 Diphtheria: cases and case rates in the wards 49
39 Measles : deaths in age groups for period of years 55
Section IV.—Tuberculosis.
Table No. 51 Summary of notification received during 1937 64
56 Notification rates : Comparative table for period of
years 67
57 Death rates : Comparative table for period of years 67
59 Summary of tuberculosis deaths during 1937 69
62-64 Dispensary returns (Ministry of Health forms) 72-76
67 Care work 83