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Shoreditch 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1938Table No. 20

INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1938

Table No. 20

CAUSE OF DEATH*AGES*DEATHS IN EACH WARDSEXTotal Deaths under 1 year
Under 1 day1 day to 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 1 month1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsMoorfleldsChurchHoxtonWenlockWhitmoreKingslandHaggerstonActonMaleFemale
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1 Enteric fever...............................................................
2 Smallpox............................................................3
3 Measles........................12......1-......-1......-112
4 Scarlet fever...............................................................
5 Whooping cough.....................1......-1........................11
6 Diphtheria...............................................................
7 Erysipelas...............................................................
8 Mumps...............................................................
9 Acute poliomyelitis...............................................................
10 German measles...............................................................
11 Varicella...............................................................
12 Influenza...............................................................
13 (a) with pulmonary complications...............................................................
14 (b) with non - pulmonary complications............................................................
15 (c) with stated complications...............................................................
16 Encephalitis lethargica...............................................................
17 Meningococcal meningitis...............................................................
18 Tuberculosis of respiratory system..................................................................
19 Other tuberculous diseases...............................................................
20 Bronchitis.....................1...............-1...............11 12
21 Pneumonia (all forms)...1.........11343...11311--111-1-166
22 Pleurisy...............................................................
23 Empyema...............................................................
24 Other pleurisy...............................................................
25 Laryngitis...............................................................
26 Rickets...............................................................
27 Convulsions............................................................25
28 Diarrhoea and enteritis.........1...161053-15422412-...2-11169
29 Ulcer of stomach...............................................................
30 Other diseases of the stomach...............................................................
31 Syphilis1............11...............1-1-............2...2
32 Congenital malformation...321...61.........-11--1-1-11-1-...347
33 Congenital debility and icterus...2......13..................-1-11-...123
34 Premature birth55.........101............21...2--111-1-25611
35 Injury at birth3............3..................11............1-213
36 Accidental mechanical suffocation.....................1.....................1-......1...1
37 Atelectasis2............2...............-2.....................22
38 Other defined diseases...1.........1111......1-.........-111...224
39 Causes ill-defined or unknown..................................................................
Other violence..................................................................
Totals1112221281117118-3108858424445325393675

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* Deaths of persons not belonging to Shoreditch occurring within the Borough are excluded.
Deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch occurring beyond limits of Borough are included.