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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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(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 5New Cases op Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities
Medical Officer of Health.for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1893Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.
Enteric or TyphoidContinued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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Sub-Districts—
(1) Shoreditch South20,09819,890527Under 5..4017..............360..94................13
5 upwards39730....13....1..5720345111....7........376
(2) Hoxton New Town29,31328,2801,128Under 5..8332....1........5121..3913................52
5 upwards316270....271..2..7434237212....15........2104
(3) Hoxton Old Town28,35428,850999Under 5..7741....1........2121..3014....1..........45
5 upwards412681....21....216129645516....12..........87
(4) Haggerston46,24445,4001,792Under 5..12691....3........11231..3422....3..........59
5 upwards12296151....451..3..98606118336....171......1149
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse......Under 5..............................................
5 upwards3..................143....................3
Holborn Infirmary.....88Under 5................................................
5 upwards....................33........................
Hoxton House......Under 5................................................
5 upwards................................................
North Eastern Hospital......Under 5................................................
5 upwards................................................
Convent Hospital......Under 5................................................
5 upwards................................................
Total124,009122,4204,446Under 5..326181....5........21533..11253....4..........169
5 upwards25681332....1064..842941,4542526175....511......6419
* These are included amongst those in New Town.Total1,987Total588