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, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE II.
SUMMARY OF THE DEATHS IN THE PARISH OF SAINTLEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT, FOR THE YEAR 1892.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shoreditch South. | Hoxton New Town. | Hoxton Old Town. | Hagg-erston. | Total. | |
I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | |||||
1. Miasmatic Diseases | 50 | 78 | 67 | 147 | 342 |
2. Diarrhœal | 5 | 20 | 21 | 47 | 93 |
3. Malarial ,, | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
4. Zoogenous ,, | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
5. Tubercular | 73 | 100 | 86 | 131 | 392 |
6. Venereal | ... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
7. Septic | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
Total Zymotic Diseases | 134 | 210 | 189 | 334 | 867 |
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 |
III.—DIETIC „ | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL „ | 15 | 18 | 28 | 43 | 104 |
V.—LOCAL DISEASES. | |||||
1. Diseases of the Nervous System | 50 | 72 | 75 | 136 | 333 |
2. „ „ Circulatory ,, | 30 | 38 | 55 | 59 | 182 |
3. „ „ Respiratory Organs | 100 | 146 | 153 | 260 | 659 |
4. „ „ Digestive ,, | 20 | 20 | 33 | 49 | 122 |
5 „ „ Urinary ,, | 9 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 63 |
6. ,, ,, Generative System | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
7. ,, Bones and Joint | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8. ,, ,, Integumentary System | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
9. ,, ,, Organs of Special Sense | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
10. ,, ,, Glandular Organs | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 |
Total Deaths Local Diseases | 216 | 291 | 339 | 543 | 1389 |
VI.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES | 32 | 76 | 53 | 110 | 271 |
VII.—VIOLENT DEATHS. | |||||
1. Accident or Negligence | 8 | 26 | 23 | 31 | 88 |
2. Homicide | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
3, Suicide | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Total Violent Deaths | 9 | 30 | 28 | 36 | 103 |
VIII.—CAUSES ILL-DEFINED | 11 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 66 |
Total Deaths from all causes | 423 | 645 | 656 | 1104 | 2828 |