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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(A.) TABLE OF DEATHS
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) | At all ages. (b) | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, Distinguishing Death of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||||||||
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 wards. (h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhæa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases | Total. | |||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Leonard, Shoreditch | 1,879 | 718 | 355 | 53 | 36 | 508 | 209 | Under 5 | .. | 5 | 20 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 105 | 53 | 182 | .. | .. | 8 | 227 | 2 | 45 | 419 | 1072 |
5 upwds. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | .. | 139 | 178 | 98 | 32 | 316 | 807 | ||||||||
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse. | 381 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 206 | 134 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 18 | 30 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 76 | 77 | 39 | 1 | 150 | 351 | ||||||||
Holborn Union Workhouse | 226 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .. | 45 | 155 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 17 | 25 |
5 upwda. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 7 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 148 | 201 | ||||||||
Hoxton House Asylum | 54 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | 16 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 54 | ||||||||
North Eastern Hospital | 114 | 55 | 46 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 100 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | ||||||||
Convent Hospital | 8 | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
Totals | 2,662 | 820 | 412 | 70 | 49 | 797 | 514 | Under 5 | .. | 5 | 29 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 108 | 58 | 196 | .. | .. | 9 | 256 | 3 | 48 | 511 | 1,230 |
5 upwds. | .. | 1 | 7 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | .. | 229 | 292 | 147 | 42 | 663 | 1,432 | ||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also been taken in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deathsoccurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 356 | 39 | 78 | 31 | 25 | 141 | 42 | Under 5 | .. | 22 | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 117 |
5 upwds. | 1 | 3 | 13 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 18 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 119 | 239 | ||||||||
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 392 | 70 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 93 | 175 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 109 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 17 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 198 | 283 |