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Shoreditch 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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CONTENTS
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I.—Statistics and General Information 13
II.—Population, Births, Marriages and Deaths 22
III.—Infectious Disease 36
IV.—Tuberculosis 62
V.—Maternity and Child Welfare 84
VI.—Municipal De 810750 110
VII.—Special Clini 52R603 115
VIII.—Foot Clinic 3 V14iv1 Slip
IX.—Sanitary Circum? 123
X.—Housing 143
XI.—Health Propaganda 158
LIST OF PRINCIPAL STATISTICAL TABLES CONTAINED
IN THE REPORT
Section I.—Statistics and General Information. page
Table No. 1 Statistical summary 12
2 Extracts from vital statistics for 1938 13
3 Whole district during 1938 and previous years 14
4 Comparison of Shoreditch and London birth and death
rates for 1938. 15
5 Birth rate, death rate and analysis of mortality
during 1938 16
6 Unemployment in Shoreditch 18
Section II.—Population, Births, Marriages and, Deaths.
Table No. 8 Ward population and density 22
10 Births and birth rates in the wards 23
12 Birth rates: Comparison between Shoreditch, London,
and England & Wales for period of years 24
13 Marriages and marriage rates for period of years 25
14 Death rates: Comparison between Shoreditch, London,
and England & Wales for period of years 26
15 Deaths and death rates in the wards 26
17 Deaths in age groups 27