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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 1945
[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) | 9,300 | ||||
| Number of families (1931 census) | 25,156 | ||||
| Rateable value | £667,000 | ||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £2,223 | ||||
| SHOREDITCH LONDON | |||||
| Average | Average | ||||
| 1945 | 1935-1944 | 1945 | 1935-1944 | ||
| Birth rate (rate per 1,000 living) | 18.96 | 15.67 | 15.7 | 13.54 | |
| Still births (rate per 1,000 total births) | 29.25 | 30.97 | -† | -† | |
| Death rate (deaths per 1,000 living) | 16.40 | 14.66 | 13.8 | 13.94 | |
| Marriage rate (persons married per 1,000 living) | 27.64 | 24.67 | -† | -† | |
| Infantile mortality rate— | |||||
| (deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births) | 39 | 54 | 44 | 55 | |
| Maternal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) | 1.43 | 2.29 | —† | -† | |
| Death rate from pneumonia and bronchitis | 2.83 | 1.94 | —† | —† | |
| „ ,, „ cancer | 2.50 | 1.93 | —† | —† | |
| „ „ ,, diarrhrea and enteritis (under 2 years) per 1,000 births | 8.61 | 12.60 | 7.6 | 10.15 | |
| ,, „ „ pulmonary tuberculosis | 0.95 | 0.98 | —† | —† | |
| Notifications of tuberculosis (per 1,000 population) | 2.12 | 1.77 | —† | —† | |
| † Figures not available. | |||||
PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICAL INFORMATION
VITAL STATISTICS
Population, estimated at midsummer, 1945 36,760
Number of births registered 697 Birth rate (per 1,000 population) 18.96
„ ,, stillbirths registered 21 Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 live births) 30.13
„ „ infant deaths registered 27 Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 births) 39
„ „ deaths registered 603* Death rate (per 1,000 population) 16.40
„ „ maternal deaths registered I Maternal mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) 1.43
* Includes 40 due to " other violent causes."
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious diseases | Cases notified | Removed to hospital | Deaths registered | Infectious diseases | Cases notified | Removed to hospital | Deaths registered |
| Scarlet fever | 109 | 80 | _ | Measles | 449 | 139 | 1 |
| Diphtheria, membranous croup | 55 | 55 | — | Whooping cough | 68 | 29 | — |
| Enteric (including paratyphoid) | — | — | — | Ophthalmia neonatorum | 5 | 1 | — |
| Acute primary or influenzal | Puerperal fever | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| pneumonia | 28 | 10 | 3 | Puerperal pyrexia | 4 | 4 | — |
| Erysipelas | 17 | 9 | — | Cerebro spinal fever | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | 3 | 3 | — | Continued fever | 1 | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | 96 | 87 | — | Scabies—first case in house | 236 | 2 | — |
| Tuberculosis—pulmonary | 64 | — | 35 | ||||
| ,, other forms | 14 | - | 5 |