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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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DEATHS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1895.
| Districts. | Estimated population 1895. | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births. | percentage to total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| births | total deaths during | deaths from | Inquest Cases. | Death in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small.Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | *Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Tubercular Diseases. | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 18 99 | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,392,346 | 30.5 | 20.6 | 21.3 | 17.8 | 19.8 | 2.63 | 0.01 | 0.60 | 0.19 | 0.53 | 0.34 | 0.14 | 0.83 | 2.6 | 0.78 | 166.0 | 8.7 | 27.0 | 0.7 |
| Shoreditch | 122,090 | 34.8 | 23.09 | 25.7 | 20.14 | 23.43 | 3.8 | 0.01 | 0.84 | 0.23 | 0.48 | 0.67 | 0.17 | 1.40 | 3.2 | 0.80 | 203.7 | 10.9 | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| Shoreditch South | 19,840 | 26.1 | 21.45 | 20.0 | 15.9 | 20.6 | 3.7 | 0.05 | 1.08 | 0.35 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.25 | 1.08 | 3.27 | 0.70 | 196.9 | 10.2 | 26.5 | — |
| Hoxton New Town | 28,200 | 33.1 | 22.35 | 26.2 | 20.2 | 25.3 | 4.2 | — | 0.67 | 0.24 | 0.60 | 1.27 | 0.17 | 1.24 | 3.26 | 0.60 | 216.7 | 12.0 | 19.8 | — |
| Hoxton Old Town | 28,700 | 34.4 | 22.77 | 24.9 | 19.1 | 22.4 | 3.5 | — | 0.69 | 0.20 | 0.48 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 1.84 | 3.17 | 1.01 | 206.2 | 11.8 | 21.0 | — |
| Haggerston | 45,350 | 39.7 | 24.02 | 28.3 | 22.5 | 24.3 | 3.8 | 0.02 | 0.97 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0.61 | 0.19 | 1.41 | 3.21 | 0.83 | 197.5 | 9.8 | 29.0 | 0.0 |
* Fever includes Typhus, Typhoid, and continued Fevers.
Note.—Where the deaths under any heading are too few to express as a rate per 1000 within two places of decimals, 0.00 is irs^rte 1
where no deaths have occurred, a line is placed in the space under the heading.