[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch].

  • Shoreditch (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1916]
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    5 In the subjoined table the causes of death amongst infants under one year for each of the eight Wards of the Borough are given :— Cause of Death. Moorfields Ward. Church Ward. Hoxton Ward. Wenlock Ward. Whitmore Ward. Kingsland Ward. Haggerston Ward. Acton Ward. Totals. Small-pox ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Chicken-pox ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1 Measles ... 5 3 ... 3 6 ... 1 18 Scarlet Fever ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Whooping Cough. . ... 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 18 Diphtheria and Croup ... ... 1 1 1 ... ... ... 3 Erysipelas ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... ... 2 Tuberculous Menin gitis ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 1 2 Abdominal Tuber culosis ... 2 1 ... ... 2 1 ... 6 Other Tuberculous Diseases ... 2 2 1 1 1 ... 1 8 Meningitis (not Tuberculous) ... 1 1 5 5 3 ... 15 Convulsions ... 3 1 5 1 1 1 ... 12 Laryngitis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Bronchitis ... 3 4 10 7 3 2 1 30 Pneumonia (all forms) 1 10 13 13 9 6 14 7 73 Diarrhoea 1 5 13 3 9 5 5 41 Enteritis 1 19 8 4 14 5 2 6 59 Gastritis ... ... ... ... 1 1 1 1 4 Syphilis 1 1 1 ... ... 1 2 ... 6 Rickets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Suffocation, over lying ... 3 2 1 5 2 ... ... 13 Injury at Birth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 Atelactasis ... ... 4 ... 4 ... ... ... 8 Congenital Malfor mations 1 1 1 .2 1 1 2 3 12 Premature Birth I 6 7 13 8 8 10 8 61 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus 2 8 3 2 6 2 4 3 30 Other causes 1 5 2 3 6 4 2 1 24 Totals 9 76 70 69 83 50 54 36 447 The infantile mortalities of the eight Wards of the Borough are contained in Table VI. (Appendix). The rate was highest in Haggerston and lowest in Moor fields, being 169 and 108 per 1,000 births respective]}. The infantile mortality for England and Wales during 1915 was 110 and for London 103. The work of the Health Visitors is detailed in their reports which are appended (pp. 72 to 79). It was mentioned in my report for last year that a