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Shoreditch 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH.

TABLEOF DEATHS.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total Deaths under Five.Total.Holywell.St. Leonard.Hoxton New TownHoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.CAUSES OF DEATHSAGES.Total Deaths under Five.Total.Holywell.St. Leonard.Hoxton New TownHoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
Under 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4546 to 5555 to 6665 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwardsUnder 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to4545 to 5555 to6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upward
(Classes)Brought forward55626114465688816157222151511-96118701121703623598671870
I.- ZYMOTIC DISEASES.III.- LOCAL DISEASES continued
II.-C0NST1TUT10NAL.
III. —LOCAL.Order 4-Digistive Organs
IV. —DEVELOMPMENTAL.%Gastritis..........1................1........11
V.- VIOLENT DEATHS. (Not specified.)
Enteritis15..1..1..12..1......1621..615921
Peritonitis......23..2..112......11......133
I.— ZYMOTIC DISEASES.Ascites............1..2..........3..........1
Ulceration of Intestines..................1......1611....46
Order 1—Miasmatic.Hernia1........1..112......................
Ilcus..........................................
Small Pox..........................................Intussusception..........................................
Measles184017....................767545994875Stricture of Intestines..............11..........2..11....2
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)110132..................2426..15101026Fistula..........................................
Diphtheria..5122........1........1720....541120Stomach Disease &c.11....1..226531....113123661431
Quinsy....................................5....Pancreas Disease..........................................
Croup1791..................1718....4818Hepatitis..........12231........9....3249
Whooping Cough172461..................4748238..948Jaundice21........11111....381..2..58
Typhus....................................527..Liver Disease, &c..........125741......201137820
Enteric or Typhoid Fever1..i55323..........220225....20Spleen Disease, &c..............11..........2....1..12
Simple Continued Fever....................................26..Order 5 -Urinary Organs
Erysipelas..........112411......10....12710
Puerperal Fever (Metria)........379..............19..22..1319Nephritis1....1111..11......17111..47
Carbuncle..............1............1........11Ischuria..........................................
Influenza..........................................Brights Disease (Nephria)......11..4552........182153718
Dysentery140..................................36....Diabetes............1..............1....1....1
Diarrhoea1402252........12......16717272037..72172Calculus (Stone)......................................1..
Simple Cholera1........................11........11Crystitis..................1........1........11
Ague..........................................Kendey Disease, &c.......111..111........6..12216
Remittent Fever..1......................111........1Order 6- Organs of Generation
Rheumatism......13..1241........12....31812
Other Zymotic Diseases..........................................Ovarian Dropsy..........................................
Order 2—Enthetic...Uterus Disease, &c...............21........3........33
Syphilis21......................33........23Order 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Stricture of Urethra..........................................Synovitis (Arithritis)..........................................
Hydrophobia............1..............1........11Joint Disease, &c.4..67111..1......10211362921
Glanders........................................Order 8- Integumentary system
Order 3- dietic......
Privation..........................................Phlegmon..........................................
Want of Breast Milk11......................221..1....2Ulcer2........3....21......28111418
Purpura and Scurvy..........................................Skin Disease, &c.7....12....2........712..25512
Alocholisma. Del. Tremens..............1......................11IV.- DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
b. Intemperance..........................................
order 1- Diseases of Children.48482712141348
Order 4—Pahasitic...2Premature Birth48........................................
Thrush2........................22....2......Cyamosis..........................................
Worms, &c.....................................Spina Bifida..........................................
II.— CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.Other Malformations..........................................
Order 1—Diathetic.....Teething2899....................3737238111337
Order 2- diseases of adults.
Gout............115..........7..11147Paranenia..........................................
Dropsy............3..51........9111159Child-birth (See Puerperal Fever)..........................................
Cancer..........11610122......3233332032
Cancrum Oris (Noma)..........................................Order 3 — Diseases of Old People.
Mortification................................1........Old Age..............193556211..12328371759123
Abscesses and Tumours73..3......231......1019....63919Order 4-Diseases of Nutrition.
Order 2—Tubercular.Atrophy and Debility115125....................1321321016262654132
Scrofula........................................65V.- Violent Deaths, &c
Tabes Mesenterica44165....................65651492427259Order 1- Accident or Negligence
Phthisis161136315354483421....302691926545011098
Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis4421235311............8898314201942Fractures and Contusions....31211312..1..3151351515
III.—LOCAL DISEASES.Wounds....................................11..
Burns and Scalds..1........12..1......153....115
Order 1—Nervous System.Poison....1........1..........310....192
Encephalitis14......................55....2215Drowning..122....3..1l......45464101261410
Apoplexy........11356124......3213861432Suffocation45................1..................46
Paralysis......1..122584......231364923Otherwise........................................
Insanity..........................................Order 2- Homicide....................
Chorea..........................................Murder and Manlaughter..........................1..1....1
Epilepsy................311......61....146Order 3- Suicide
Convulsions739721................899271219134192
Brain Disease, &c.2..611125131510....856267103156Wounds: Gunshot, Cut, Stab............2..3l........611136
Order 2—Organs or Circulation...Poison..........21............3..1113
Pericarditis......1....................1......1..1Drowning........11....21........4....144
Aneurism..............11..........2........22Hanging........1..................2......12
Heart Disease, &c.31..549123239211....4127414222661127Otherwise..................................
Order 3—Respiratory Organs...Order 4 Execution.........
Laryngitis416..........1........1112....62512Hanging..........................................
Bronchitis9046104..5318586217....14631434296757127314Violent Deaths (not classed)........................................
Pleurisy......................................Sudden Deaths (causes unascertained)................................
Pneumonia292718815414201993....741661011273286166Causes not specified or ill- defined........................................
Asthma..............14..........511..215Total83528516271811051421912732151122311282249614623949947311342496
Lung Disease, &c.5911351147737....7310868232051108
Carried forward556261144556888116157222151511961187011217036235986718701