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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FOR THE YEAR 1897.
(B. ) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIONS SICKNESS,
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics; Public Institutions. being shown as separate localities. | Population at all ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of theMedical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||
Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1897. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Total. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Total. | ||||||||||
Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sub-Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Shoreditch South | 20,098 | 17,285 | 551 | Under 5 | .. | 32 | 23 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58 | .. | 19 | 19 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 40 |
5 upwards | .. | 60 | 24 | .. | .. | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 127 | .. | 50 | 18 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 75 | ||||
(2) Hoxton New Town | 29,313 | 28,280 | 943 | Under 5 | .. | 43 | 31 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 85 | .. | 35 | 21 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58 | |
5 upwards | 1 | 79 | 36 | .. | .. | 21 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 35 | 173 | 1 | 61 | 29 | .. | .. | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 107 | ||||
(3) Hoxton Old Town | 28,354 | 27,505 | 990 | Under 5 | .. | 50 | 41 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 102 | .. | 34 | 32 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68 |
5 upwards | .. | 72 | 49 | .. | .. | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 45 | 188 | .. | 52 | 30 | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 94 | ||||
(4) Haggerston | 46,244 | 46,088 | 1,672 | Under 5 | .. | 108 | 56 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 182 | .. | 87 | 33 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 125 |
5 upwards | .. | 179 | 83 | .. | .. | 44 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 70 | 377 | .. | 136 | 52 | .. | .. | 30 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 218 | ||||
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse | .. | 1,200 | 77 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Holborn Union Workhouse | .. | 1,350 | 92 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Hoxton House | .. | 250 | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
North-Eastern Hospital for Children | .. | 60 | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Convent Hospital | .. | 40 | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Total | 124,009 | 122,058 | 4,325 | Under 5 | .. | 235 | 151 | 18 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 429 | .. | 175 | 105 | 8 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 291 |
5 upwards | 1 | 393 | 192 | .. | .. | 103 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 210 | 902 | 1 | 299 | 129 | .. | .. | 64 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 494 |