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Shoreditch 1897

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

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(A.) TABLE OF DEATHS during the 52 Weeks ending December 31st, 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Saint Leonard,

Shoreditch, classified, according toDiseases,Ages,andLocalities.

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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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 PleurisyHeart Disease.Injuries.All other DiseasesTotal.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
St. Leonard, Shoreditch1,8797183555336508209Under 5..5204............210553182....82272454191072
5 upwds...151..9........2411110..1391789832316807
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse.381264110206134Under 5......................144......3....1830
5 upwds.....................1....7....7677391150351
Holborn Union Workhouse2262141..45155Under 5......................212......1..21725
5 upwda.....................2....3....73227148201
Hoxton House Asylum54........3816Under 5............................................
5 upwds.................................64513854
North Eastern Hospital1145546121....Under 5....9..............1....8....1231156100
5 upwds.....2..........................1121714
Convent Hospital8..332....Under 5..................................2....13
5 upwds.....................................1..45
Totals2,6628204127049797514Under 5..5294............310858196....92563485111,230
5 upwds...171..9........5412110..229292147426631,432
The subjoined numbers have also been taken in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deathsoccurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto.3563978312514142Under 5..2235................126......131433117
5 upwds.1313....10................5..18222127119239
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.392703715293175Under 5....7..............12110....2162365109
5 upwds.....2..............2....2....17381113198283