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Shoreditch 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE I.
Deaths Registered in the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the 13 Weeks ending June 27th, 1857.
| Causes of Death. | Under 1 year | Under 5 | Under: 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | GO and under 8th | 80 and above | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 196 | 144 | 50 | 67 | 108 | 111 | 15 | 691 | |
| I. Zymotic Class. | |||||||||
| 161 | Small-pox | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Measles | 4 | 12 | 2 | 18 | |||||
| Scarlatina | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | |||||
| Hooping Cough | 31 | 18 | 49 | ||||||
| Croup | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
| Thrush | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Diarrhœa | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Dysentery | |||||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||
| Influenza | |||||||||
| Purpura; Scurvy | |||||||||
| Ague | |||||||||
| Remittent Fever | |||||||||
| Infantile Fever | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Typhus | 6 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 31 | |||
| Metria(Child bedfever) | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Syphilis | |||||||||
| Noma | |||||||||
| Hydrophobia | |||||||||
| II. Dropsy : &c. | |||||||||
| 19 | , Haemorrhage | ||||||||
| Dropsy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Abscess | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Ulcer | |||||||||
| Fistula | |||||||||
| Mortification | |||||||||
| Cancer | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Gout | |||||||||
| III. Tubercular Class | |||||||||
| 119 - | Scrofula | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | ||||
| Phthisis (Lung - Consumption | 6 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 78 | ||
| Hydrocephalus (Water on the Brain) | 2 | 12 | 14 | ||||||
| IV. Brain, Nerves,&c. | |||||||||
| 87 | Cephalitis | ||||||||
| Apoplexy | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Paralysis | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||||
| Delirium Tremens | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||||
| Chorea | |||||||||
| Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Tetanus | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Insanity ................ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Convulsions | 29 | 1 | 2 | 32 | |||||
| Disease of Brain &c | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 23 | V. Disease of Heart and Blood Vessels | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 23 | |
| VI. Respiratory Organs | |||||||||
| 112 | , Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 6 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 49 | ||
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Pneumonia | 22 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 55 | |||
| Asthma | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| Disease of Lungs, &c. | |||||||||