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Shoreditch 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The following table gives comparative annual figures for mortality from whooping cough.Table No. 43

The following table gives comparative annual figures for mortality from whooping cough.

Table No. 43

Year.Shoreditch.London Death rate.England & Wales Death rate.
Deaths.Death rate.
1920120.110.170.12
1921190.180120.12
1922270.260.250.17
1923100.090.090.11
1924280.26O.110.10
1925290.270.190.16
192600.000.050.11
1927240.220.120.09
192850.050.090.08
1929400.400.260.16
193030.040.030.05
1931110.110.070.06
193240.040.080.07
1933140.150.080.06
1934120.130.070.05
193540.040.040.04
193680.090.070.05
193770.080.060.04

Table: Table No. 44

Table No. 44

Year.Shoreditch.London Death rate.England & Wales Death rate.
Deaths.Death rate.
1920510.50-0.28
1921270.260.230.24
1922690.660.570.56
1923140.130.170.22
1924280.260.370.49
1925190.180.240.33
1926250.230.180.23
1927250.240.400.57
1928160.160.130.20
1929680.680.710.73
193010.010.080.13
1931230.230.250.36
1932190.190.280.33
1933450.480.520.57
193460.070.120.14
1935140.160.110.18
1936100.120.130.15
1937280.300.400.45

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INFLUENZA
Twenty-eight deaths occurred from this disease, which gives a death rate of 0.30.
The following table gives comparative annual figures for mortality from influenza.