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Shoreditch 1897

[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, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year ending December. 31st,1897,in the Me???ropolitan 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.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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Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1897.Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Typhus.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.
Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
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Sub-Districts—
(1) Shoreditch South20,09817,285551Under 5..32232..1..........58..19191..1..........40
5 upwards..6024....16........27127..5018....7..........75
(2) Hoxton New Town29,31328,280943Under 5..43314..........785..35212..............58
5 upwards17936....211......3517316129....151........107
(3) Hoxton Old Town28,35427,505990Under 5..50414..2........5102..34321..1..........68
5 upwards..7249....22........45188..5230....12..........94
(4) Haggerston46,24446,0881,672Under 5..108568..1........9182..87334..1..........125
5 upwards..17983....44....1..70377..13652....30..........218
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse..1,20077Under 5..1..................1........................
5 upwards..1................2627........................
Holborn Union Workhouse..1,35092Under 5..1..................1........................
5 upwards..2..............1710........................
Hoxton House..250..Under 5................................................
5 upwards................................................
North-Eastern Hospital for Children..60..Under 5................................................
5 upwards................................................
Convent Hospital..40..Under 5................................................
5 upwards................................................
Total124,009122,0584,325Under 5..23515118..4........21429..1751058..3..........291
5 upwards1393192....1031..112109021299129....641........494