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Shoreditch 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1937.
Table No. 59.
| AGES. | DEATHS IN EACH WARD. | sex. | TOTAL. | DEATHS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not in institutions. | St. Leonards Hospital | Other institutions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 5 „ | 5 to 10 „ | 10 to 15 „ | 15 to 20 „ | 20 to 25 „ | 25 to 35 „ | 35 to 45 „ | 45 to 55 ,, | 55 to 65 ,, | 65 to 75 ,, | 75 and upwards. | Moorfields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wenlock. | Whitmore. | Kingsland. | Haggerston. | Acton. | Male. | Female. | Belonging to Shoreditch. | Not belonging to Shoreditch. | Belonging to Shoreditch. | Not belonging to Shoreditch. | |||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| All forms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 30 | 86 | 18 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 14 |
| Respiratory system | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 24 | 73 | 17 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 14 |
| Central nervous system | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||
| Intestines and peritoneum | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Vertebral column | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Other bones and joints | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Skin and subcutaneous tissue | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Lymphatic system (abdominal glands excepted) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Genito-urinary system | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Other organs— Adrenals | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Other sites | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Disseminated tuberculosis— Acute | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Chronic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Not distinguished as acute or chronic | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||