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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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(A.) TABLE OF DEATHS, during the 52 Weeks ending the 30th December, 1893, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

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.)Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
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At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleuracy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Cholera
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
St. Leonard, Shoreditch2,33674050111076648261Under 5..65215............412172154....102551365041,230
5 upwds...6215..81..52621513..16237395223791,106
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouses4252416314203165Under 5......1..............3........16..12739
5 upwds.....................4....52..59102385171386
Holborn Infirmary25981..158191Under 5........................................99
5 upwds.....1..............6....2....108831139250
Hoxton House Asylum61......34711Under 5............................................
5 upwds.................................225..5261
North Eastern Hospital110366410......Under 5..4201..............1..5....517..641100
5 upwds.....1............1................21510
Convent Hospital7..34......Under 5..................................1....12
5 upwds...................................1....45
Totals3,19880858512794956628Under 5..107217............412572159....162791435821,380
5 upwds...6235..81..5316211215..233566143297501,818
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto.3842471524016037Under 5..1734................115....111..71895
5 upwds.351119........2....1..127393526129289
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.4364157104122202Under 5..2141..............2..4....514..45096
5 upwds.....1............16....31..1691113207340