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Shoreditch 1894

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1894

Published
1895
Author
Bryeet, Lewis T. Fraser.
Pages
58
Tables
35

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35 tables in this report

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    TABLE I.
    Ward.Inhabited Houses, 1881.Population.Inhabited Houses, 1891.Population.Rated Householders.
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    TABLE II.
    Parish and Sub-Districts.Population.Houses.Area it StatutaAcre
    Males.Females.Total.Inhabited.Uninhabited.Building.
    1881.1891.1881.1891.1881.1891.1881.1891.1881.1891.1881.1891.
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    Table III., which is also obtained from the census returns of 1891 gives the population, male and female, and the numbers of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building in the two parliamentary divisions of the parish. TABLE III.
    Parliamentary Division.Population.Houses.Area in Statute Acres.
    Males.Females.Total.Inhabited.Uninhabited.Building.
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    TABLE IV.
    Sub-District.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE V.
    Year.Number of Marriages.Rate per 1,000 Population.
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    TABLE VI.
    District.Males.Females.Total.
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    In the following table are set out the death-rates, for the years 1884—1893 for Shoreditch and London. TABLE VII.
    Year.Shoreditch.London.Year.Shoreditch.London.
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    The following table gives the number of deaths in the public institutions within the parish:— TABLE VIII.
    Residents.Non-residents.Total.
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    TABLE IX.
    No. of deaths.No. of deaths..
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    The following table shows the numbers of deaths under one year, the numbers o births, and the infant mortality in Shoreditch and London, for the ten years ending 1893:— TABLE X.
    YEAR.SHOREDITCH.LONDON.
    Deaths under One Year.Births.Infant Mortality to 1,000 Births.Deaths under One Year.Births.Infant Mortality to 1,000 Births.
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    The following table gives an analysis of tbe cases shewing the situation of the disease, age and sex distribution:— TABLE XI.
    SITUATION OF DISEASE.AGES.Total.
    25 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6060 to 7070 to 8585 & upwards
    m.f.m.F.m.F.m.F.m.F.mF.m.F.m.F.
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    In the following table I have set forth the numbers of cases of infectious disease notified during the four quarters of the year, under the heading of the several notifiable infectious diseases together with the numbers and percentages of cases notified removed to hospitals. TABLE XII.
    Disease.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter'Fourth Quarter.Total.Deaths.
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    DURING THE YEAR 1894.
    No. of Case.Address.Sex.Age.Occupation.Date of Notification.Probable Beginning of Illness.Probable Source of Infection.As to Vaccinal ion.Result.Remarks.
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    The following table shows the distribution of the oases and deaths, together with the attack-rate and death-rate per 1000 inhabitants, the case mortality, the number of schools, and the birth rate per 1000 of the population in each of the four sub-districts of the parish. TABLE XIII.
    Population.No. of Cases of Diphtheria.Attack rate per 1000 inhabitants.No. of De'thsDeath-rate per 1000 Inhabitants.Case Mortality.Birth rate.No. of Sch'ls.No. of Children attending Schools in the District.1
    M.F.
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    In the following table are set forth the numbers of cases notified, and the numbers of fatal cases occurring amongst males and females in the four sub-districts of the parish. TABLE XIV.
    Sub-District.DIPHTHERIA.
    Notifications.Fatal.
    Male.Female.Total.Male.Female.Total.
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    The following table shows the number of premises and articles disinfected during the year. The figures for 1891, 1892 and 1893 being placed alongside for comparison. TABLE XVI.
    1891.1892.1893.1894.
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    The following Table, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their work furnished by the Sanitary Inspectors, summarises the work which has been done under the supervision of the Department during the year for abating nuisances:— TABLE XIX.
    Total Premises.Total.As compared with last year 1893.
    Chief Inspt'r.Inspt'r Lear.Inspt'r. Stiles.Inspt'r. Queleh.
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    The particulars are set forth in the following Table. TABLE XX.
    Street and House No.Decision.
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    The following articles have been seized and destroyed during the year as unfit, for human food:—
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    DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT, DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER 31 st , 1894. Note .—The Deaths of Non-Parishioners occurring in Hospitals, &c., in the Parish, are excluded; and the Deaths of Parishioners occurring in Hospitals, &c., situated in London beyond the limits of the Parish, are included.
    DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1894.DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total Deaths under Five.Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
    Under 11 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.
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    DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1894.DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total Deaths under Five.Shoreditch SouthHoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.IS to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 60.60 to 70.70 to 85.85 and upwards.
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    DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1894.DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total Deaths under Five.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.
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    TABLE XXII. SUMMARY OF THE DEATHS IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT, FOR THE YEAR 1894.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.DEATHS IN EACH SUB DISTRICT.
    Shoreditch South.Hoxtou New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
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    TABLE XXIII.-ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND ? ? ? DEATHS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1884.
    [Districts.Annual Rate per 1000 persons living.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births.PERCENTAGE TO TOTAL DEATHS.
    Estimated population 1894.birthstotal deaths duringdeaths fromInquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.Uncertified Causes of Death.
    Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Tubercular Diseases.Violence.
    1891.1892.1893.1894.
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    TABLE XXIV. ANALYSIS of the Cases Treated by the District Medical Officers of the Parish during the 52 weeks ending December 31 st , 1894.
    Diseases.Diseases.
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    (A.) TABLE OF DEATHS during the 52 Weeks ending the 30 th December, 1893, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Saint Leonard, Shore ditch, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions Being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes. at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, Distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    12345678910111213141516171819202122
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwards.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and PleurisyHeart Disease.Injuries.All other DiseasesTotal.
    (Columns for Population and Births are in Tahiti B.)Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
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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 31st December, 1894, 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 6.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1894.123456789101112123456789101112
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevebs.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    The Report of the Analyst appointed under the above Act for this County, of the number of Articles of Food, Drink, and Drugs, which have been received and Analysed by such Analyst, specifying the nature and kind of Foreign Ingredients detected in such Articles, &c., during the Year ending the 31st day of December, 1894.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fines.Costs.
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    Analyst's Report for the Year ending the 31st day of December, 1894—continued.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredient detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fines.Costs.
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    Analyst's Report for the Year ending the 31st day of December, 1894—continued.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fines.Costs.
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    Analyst's Report for the Year ending the 31st day of December, 1894—continued.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign in gradients detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fines.Costs.
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    Analyst's Report for the Year ending the 31st day of December, 1894—continued.
    Date of receipt by Analys of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fines.Costs.