Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1893
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(B.) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the 52 Weeks ending 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. | Population at all ages. | Registered Births. | Age under 5 or over 5 | New Cases op Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medical Officer of Health. | for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1893 | 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) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Sub-Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Shoreditch South | 20,098 | 19,890 | 527 | Under 5 | .. | 40 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 60 | .. | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
5 upwards | 3 | 97 | 30 | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 57 | 203 | 4 | 51 | 11 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 76 | ||||
(2) Hoxton New Town | 29,313 | 28,280 | 1,128 | Under 5 | .. | 83 | 32 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 121 | .. | 39 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52 |
5 upwards | 3 | 162 | 70 | .. | .. | 27 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 74 | 342 | 3 | 72 | 12 | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 104 | ||||
(3) Hoxton Old Town | 28,354 | 28,850 | 999 | Under 5 | .. | 77 | 41 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 121 | .. | 30 | 14 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 45 |
5 upwards | 4 | 126 | 81 | .. | .. | 21 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 61 | 296 | 4 | 55 | 16 | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 87 | ||||
(4) Haggerston | 46,244 | 45,400 | 1,792 | Under 5 | .. | 126 | 91 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 231 | .. | 34 | 22 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 59 |
5 upwards | 12 | 296 | 151 | .. | .. | 45 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 98 | 606 | 11 | 83 | 36 | .. | .. | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 149 | ||||
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||
Holborn Infirmary | .. | .. | .88 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Hoxton House | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
North Eastern Hospital | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Convent Hospital | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Total | 124,009 | 122,420 | 4,446 | Under 5 | .. | 326 | 181 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 533 | .. | 112 | 53 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 169 |
5 upwards | 25 | 681 | 332 | .. | .. | 106 | 4 | .. | 8 | 4 | 294 | 1,454 | 25 | 261 | 75 | .. | .. | 51 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 419 | ||||
* These are included amongst those in New Town. | Total | 1,987 | Total | 588 |