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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 1893

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1893

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Table: TABLE I.SUMMARY OF THE DEATHS IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT, FOR THE YEAR 1893.

TABLE I.

SUMMARY OF THE DEATHS IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT, FOR THE YEAR 1893.

CAUSES OF DEATH.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
1. Miasmatic Diseases5512290180447
2. Diarrhœal ,,20374667170
3. Malarial ,,...............
4. Zoogenous ,,1.........1
5. Tubercular „508890156384
6. Venereal „...34613
7. Septic „21061533
Total Zymotic Diseases1282602364241,048
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES...1......1
III.—DIETIC526720
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL17252837107
V.—LOCAL DISEASES.
1. Diseases of the Nervous System396882118307
2. ,, ,, Circulatory ,,25413079175
3. ,, „ Respiratory Organs101180158319758
4. „ „ Digestive „14222355114
5. „ ,, Urinary „167143067
6. ,, ,, Generative System...38213
7. „ „ Bones and Joints...35412
8. „ „ Integumentary System...............
9. ,, ,, Organs of Special Sense...............
10. „ „ Glandular Organs...............
Total Deaths Local Diseases1953243206071,446
VI.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES325863114267
VII.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
1. Accident or Negligence425213888
2. Homicide...............
3. Suicide244414
Total Violent Deaths6292542102
VIII.—CAUSES ILL-DEFINED16424156155
Total Deaths from all causes3997417191,2873,146