Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1894
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TABLE XXII.
SUMMARY OF THE DEATHS IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT, FOR THE YEAR 1894.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS IN EACH SUB DISTRICT. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shoreditch South. | Hoxtou New Town. | Hoxton Old Town. | Haggerston. | Total. | |
I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | |||||
1. Miasmatic Diseases | 38 | 66 | 59 | 123 | 286 |
2. Diarrœal „ | 2 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 73 |
8. Malarial „ | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
4. Zoogenous „ | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5. Tubercular „ | 56 | 91 | 72 | 143 | 362 |
6. Venereal „ | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
7. Septic „ | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
Total Zymotic Diseases | 100 | 186 | 161 | 310 | 757 |
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... |
III.—DIETIC „ | 5 | ... | ... | 6 | 11 |
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL „ | 17 | 21 | 23 | 49 | 110 |
V.—LOCAL DISEASES. | |||||
1. Diseases of the Nervous System | 35 | 54 | 72 | 101 | 262 |
2. „ 2 Circulatory | 19 | 29 | 34 | 69 | 151 |
3. „ „ Respiratory Organs | 62 | 138 | 120 | 225 | 545 |
4. „ „ Digestive „ | 15 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 76 |
5. „ „ Urinary „ | 12 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 61 |
6. „ „ Generative System | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
7. „ „ Bones and Joints | ... | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
8. „ „ Integumentary System | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
9. „ „ Organs of Special Sen-e | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 |
10. „ „ Glandular Organs | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Total Deaths Local Diseases | 147 | 255 | 269 | 461 | 1132 |
VI.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES | 30 | 60 | 56 | 113 | 259 |
VII.—VIOLENT DEATHS. | |||||
1. Accident or Negligence | 11 | 24 | 18 | 33 | 91 |
2. Homicide | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
3. Suicide | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
Total Violent Deaths | 12 | 30 | 20 | 41 | 103 |
VIII.—CAUSES ILL-DEFINED | 6 | 22 | 23 | 39 | 90 |
Total Deaths from all causes | 317 | 574 | 552 | 1023 | 2466 |