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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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table vii. —analysis and comparison of london and shoreditch birth and death rates for the year ending 31
| Districts. | Annual Death.Eates per 1000 persons living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births. | percentage to total deaths. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated population 1900 | Birthrates per 1000 population | during the years: | during 1900, from: | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small.Pox | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | * Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Tuberculous Disease. | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,589,129 | 28.6 | 17.7 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 2.19 | 000 | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.42 | 0.16 | 0.77 | 2.4 | 0.79 | 158 | 9.4 | 30.5 | 0.6 | ||
| Shoreditch | §119,950 | 82.9 | 21.7 | 22.4 | 24.2 | 21.4 | 3.1 | — | 0.63 | 0.15 | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.11 | 1.40 | 2.9 | 0.86 | 187 | 12.1 | 30.6 | |
| Shoreditch South | 16,755 | 29.0 | 24.7 | 23.3 | 29.9 | 26.4 | 2.7 | - | 0.59 | — | 0.59 | 0.29 | — | 1.18 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 211 | 12.6 | 44.9 | 0.2 |
| Hoxton New Town | 28,475 | 31.0 | 20.3 | 21.5 | 21.6 | 20.9 | 4.0 | — | 0.91 | 0.28 | 0.63 | 0.35 | 0.14 | 1.75 | 2.8 | 10 | 181 | 14.5 | 26.3 | 0.8 |
| Hoxton Old Town | 27,020 | 34.3 | 22.1 | 22.7 | 24.7 | 19.8 | 2.7 | - | 0.51 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 1.28 | 2.7 | 0.70 | 172 | 11.9 | 25.3 | — |
| Haggerston | 47,700 | 34.2 | 21.2 | 22.5 | 22.7 | 20.9 | 2.9 | 0.54 | 0.08 | 041 | 0.41 | 0'12 | 1.28 | 3.0 | 0.77 | 186 | 10.6 | 30 | — | |
* Fever includes Typhus, Typhoid, and continued Fevers.
§The inhabitants of the Holborn Union Workhouse, which is situate in Hoxton New Town Sub.District, are not included.
Note.—Where the deaths under any beading are too few to express as a rate per 1000 within two places of decimals, 0.00 is inserted ;
where no deaths have occurred, a line is placed in the space under the heading.
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