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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE XXXII.—ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTHS AND
DEATHS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1897.
| Districts. | Estimated population 1897. | BIRTHS | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births. | percentage to total deaths. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL DEATHS DURING | DEATHS FROM | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | *Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Tubercular Diseases. | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1894 | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,463,169 | 30.0 | 17.8 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 17.7 | 2.58 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.12 | 0.91 | 0.78 | 159.0 | 9.3 | 29.1 | 0.6 | |
| Shoreditch | §120,708 | 35.0 | 20.14 | 23.43 | 21.6 | 21.7 | 4.2 | 0.00 | 0.91 | 0.25 | 0.64 | 0.49 | 0.15 | 1.74 | 2.65 | 0.86 | 186.3 | 12.3 | 28.5 | - |
| Shoreditch South | 17,575 | 31.3 | 15.9 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 24.7 | 3.8 | — | 0.73 | 0.34 | 0.73 | 0.51 | 0.05 | 1.46 | 2.95 | 0.85 | 186.9 | 10.8 | 41.1 | — |
| Hoxton New Town | 28,280 | 33.3 | 20.2 | 25.3 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 3.7 | 0.03 | 0.84 | 0.17 | 0.60 | 0.51 | 0.17 | 1.48 | 2.43 | 0.91 | 178.7 | 15.8 | 25.9 | — |
| Hoxton Old Town | 27,505 | 35.9 | 19.1 | 22.4 | 19.9 | 22.1 | 4.3 | — | 0.94 | 0.07 | 0.72 | 0.32 | 0.14 | 2.10 | 2.50 | 0.94 | 189.1 | 13.7 | 23.1 | - |
| Haggerston | 47,348 | 36.9 | 22.5 | 24.3 | 23.3 | 21.2 | 4.5 | — | 1.01 | 0.37 | 0.63 | 1.56 | 0.19 | 1.79 | 2.76 | 0.80 | 178.3 | 10.2 | 27.4 | - |
* Fever includes Typhus, Typhoid, and continued Fevers.
§The inhabitants of the Holborn Union Workhouse, which is situated in Hoxton New Town, are not included.
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 inserted
where no deaths have occurred, a line is placed in the space under the heading.