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

Shoreditch 1938

[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 1938

(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
Shored itch	14.7	0.46	11.4	0.05	...	0.07	0.91	0.06	0.05	0.22	0.56	25.4	57	85.3	4.9	9.8	0.0
England and Wales	15.1	0.60	11.6	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.01	0.03	0.07	0.11	0.55	5.5	53	...	...	...	...
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London	150	0.65	11.7	0.00	...	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.07	0.10	0.53	7.8	57	...	...	...	...
148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931)	15.4	0.60	11.0	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.06	0.11	0.54	3.6	51	...	...	...	...
London	13.4	0.48	11.4	0.00	...	0.06	0.01	0.03	0.05	0.06	0.52	13.1	57	...	...	...	...

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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	0.89	2.19	3.08
,, ,, per 1,000 total births	0.86	2.11	2.97
Shoreditch, per 1,000 live births	0.85	1 .69	2.54
,, per 1,000 total births	0.82	1.64	2.46