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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 1893

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1893

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CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total Deaths under 5.Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 60.60 to 70.70 to 85.85 and upwards.
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrush and other Vegetable Diseases1..............................1...1......1
III.—DIETIC DISEASES.
Privation6..............................61...416
Want of Breast Milk1..............................1......1...1
Alcoholisma. Del. Tremens............23..................2...125
b. Intemperance............1151............22...48
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Gout...............11..................1...12
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of Heart......2521...1............132511
Rheumatism......2...11.........1......21115
Cancer.........1116207184......1215192167
Rickets23...........................51......45
Anaemia, Chlorosis, &c...................111............1113
Diabetes...1......221111...1...4329
Other Constitutional Diseases1...............1111...11...225
V.—LOCAL DISEASES.
(1) Diseases of the Nervous System.
Inflammation of the Brain or Membranes713621111...1...2021081333
Apoplexy or Brain Paralysis11......59201039337213263254125
Insanity.........33462641...4661329
Epilepsy2...44232111...2426820