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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 1937Table No. 20a

INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1937

Table No. 20a

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 monthsMoorfieldsChurchHoxtonWenlockWhitmoreKingslandHaggerstonActonMaleFemale
MFM FMFM FMFMFMFMF
1 Enteric fever...............................................................
2 Smallpox...............................................................
3 Measles...............................................................
4 Scarlet fever...............................................................
5 Whooping cough.....................222...- 1...- 1...2—1--1336
6 Diphtheria...............................................................
7 Erysipelas...............................................................
8 Mumps...............................................................
9 Acute poliomyelitis...............................................................
10 German measles...............................................................
1 1 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.....................11.....................-11-112
18 Tuberculosis of respiratory system...............................................................
19 Other tuberculous diseases.....................1..................-1............11
20 Bronchitis.....................1.....................1-......1...1
21 Pneumonia (all forms)......1......14516...2 335...1—1—1_1-9817
22 Pleurisy...............................................................
23 Empyema...............................................................
24 Other pleurisy...............................................................
25 Laryngitis...............................................................
26 Rickets...............................................................
27 Convulsions...............................................................
28 Diarrhoea and enteritis.....................53......- 2...1 1222-...-15611
29 Ulcer of stomach...............................................................
30 Other diseases of the stomach...............................................................
31 Syphilis...............................................................
32 Congenital malformation........................11............2-...............2...2
33 Congenital debility and icterus...............................................................
34 Premature birth56...11131.........1-- 11—3 2112-119514
35 Injury at birth1............11............1 1..................112
36 Accidental mechanical suffocation...............................................................
37 Atelectasis1............1........................-1............11
38 Other defined diseases.........112...3...2...2 -...1 -11...-11—527
39 Causes ill-defined or unknown...............................................................
Other violence1............11.........-1...............-1......22
Totals7712219111971015 9655 45664343363066

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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.