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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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GENERAL DATA
| Area of Borough | 662 acres | |||
| Average height above sea-level | 60 feet | |||
| Estimated number of houses (including separately-rated flats) | 9,500 | |||
| Number of families (1931 census) | 25,156 | |||
| Rateable value | ||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | ||||
| SHOREDITCH | LONDON | |||
| Average | Average | |||
| 1942 | 1932-1941 | 1942 | 1932-1941 | |
| Birth rate (rate per 1,000 living) | 18.39 | 15.57 | 1.40 | 13.13 |
| Still births (rate (rate per 1,000 total births) | 32.83 | -† | -† | |
| Death rate (deaths per 1,000 living) | 17.5 | 13.74 | 13. 9 | 13. 12 |
| Marriage rate (persons married per 1,000 living) | 31.35 | 22.47 | -† | -† |
| Infantile mortality rate— (deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births) | 51 | 65 | 65 | |
| Maternal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) | 3.11 | -† | --† | |
| Death rate from pneumonia and bronchitis | 2.52 | 1.81 | -† | -† |
| „ „ „ cancer | 2.55 | 1.70 | -† | -† |
| „ ,, „ diarrh tea and enteritis (under 2 years) per 1,000 births | 7.78 | 15.02 | 10. 97 | |
| „ „ „ pulmonary tuberculosis | 1.35 | 0.94 | -† | -† |
| Notifications of tuberculosis (per 1,000 population) | 2.23 | 1.67 | -† | -† |
† Figures not available.
PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICAL INFORMATION
VITAL STATISTICS
| Population, estimated at midsummer, 1942 | 34,900 | ||
| Number of births registered | 642 | Birth rate (per 1,000 population) | 18.39 |
| „ „ still births registered | 13 | Still birth rate (per 1,000 live births) | |
| „ „ infant deaths registered | 33 | Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 births) | 51 |
| „ „ deaths registered | 611* | Death rate (per 1,000 population) | 17. 5 |
| „ „ maternal deaths registered | Maternal mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) | 3.11 |
* Includes 15 due to " other violent causes."
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| (1) Infectious Diseases | (2) Cases notified | (3) Re-moved to hospital | (4) Deaths regis-tered | (1) Infectious Diseases | (2) Cases notified | (3) Re-moved to hospital | (4) Deaths regis-tered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 64 | 64 | — | Measles | 482 | 224 | — |
| Diphtheria, membranous croup | 53 | 52 | Whooping cough | 152 | 72 | ||
| Enteric (including paratyphoid) | — | Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | ||||
| Acute primary or influenzal pneumonia | 17 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 3 | — | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 8 | 8 | — | ||||
| Erysipelas | 13 | Cerebro spinal fever | 6 | 6 | |||
| Acute poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | — | ||||
| Dysentery | 39 | 39 | 2 | ||||
| Tuberculosis — pulmonary | 62 | — | 47 | ||||
| „ other forms | 16 | — | 2 |