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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Shoreditch 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1938Table No. 66

DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1938

Table No. 66

AGESDEATHS IN EACH WARDSEXTOTALDEATHS
Not in institutionsSt. Leonards HospitalOther institutions
Under 1 year1 to 2 years2 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 upwardsMoorfieldsChurchHoxtonWenlockWhitmoreKingslandHaggerstonActonMaleFemale
Belonging to ShoreditchNot belonging to ShoreditchBelonging to ShoreditchNot belonging to Shoreditch
MFMFMFMt-MVMFMFMF
All forms—1212107758941—645581751-4443352257122613195
Respiratory system—1——177757921—545461531-3433281947122211135
Central nervous system———1—3—————————-11-11-——224—321—
Intestines and peritoneum-----------------------------
Vertebral column---------1-2--1--1---1--3-3-1-2-
Other bones and joints——--1---------------1-1-1---1—
Skin and subcutaneous tissue-----------------------------
Lymphatic system
(abdominal glands excepted)-----------------------------
Genito-urinary system-----------------------------
0ther organs— Adrenals-----------------------------
Other sites-----------------------------
Disseminated tuberculosis— Acute--1--------------1----1-1---1-
Chronic----------------------------
Not distinguished as acute or chronic--1---------------1----11——-1-