Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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(A.) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year ending the 31 st December, 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) (a) | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, Distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages. (b) | Under 1 year. (c) | 1 and under 5 (d) | 5 and under 15 (e) | 15 and under 25 (f) | 25 and under 65 (g) | 65 and upwards. (h) | Smallpox. . | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatio Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases | Total. | ||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Leonard, Shoreditch | 2,151 | 809 | 449 | 70 | 54 | 550 | 219 | Under 5 | .. | 11 | 23 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 99 | 74 | 152 | .. | .. | 17 | 301 | 3 | 45 | 528 | 1262 |
5 upwds. | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | .. | 139 | 254 | 116 | 28 | 316 | 889 | ||||||||
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse | 382 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 198 | 128 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ,, | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 22 | 35 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ยป. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 77 | 73 | 35 | 1 | 150 | 347 | ||||||||
Holborn Infirmary | 268 | 15 | 2 | .. | .. | 62 | 189 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | 16 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 61 | .. | .. | 177 | .. | |||||||||
Hoxton House Asylum | 62 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 44 | 17 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 3 | 5 | .. | 44 | 62 | |||||||||
North Eastern Hospital | 101 | 35 | 50 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 49 | 83 | |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | |||||||||
Convent Hospital | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Totals | 2,968 | 888 | 509 | 91 | 73 | 854 | 553 | under 5 | .. | 11 | 29 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 100 | 75 | 156 | .. | .. | 18 | 323 | 4 | 55 | 615 | 1,398 |
5 upwds. | .. | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | .. | 235 | 391 | 162 | 33 | 699 | 1,570 | ||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also been taken in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 326 | 30 | 66 | 28 | 29 | 137 | 36 | Under 5 | .. | 11 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | .. | 5 | 37 | 95 |
5 upwds. | 2 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 36 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 106 | 231 | ||||||||
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 434 | 51 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 111 | 204 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 61 | 97 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 63 | 14 | 8 | 228 | 337 |