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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

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(A.) TABLE OF DEATHS during the52 Weeks endingthe30thDecember,1893,in theMetropolitanSanitary District of Saint Leonard, Shore ditch, classified according toDiseases, Ages,andLocalities.

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.
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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)
St. Leonard. Shoreditch1,7566453185552507179Under 5..51610..........16177651..9222326467963
5 upwds...4821*4....2....2138..1432018829297793
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse396311429182158Under 5......................14......47....2945
5 upwds...........1........3....2....73692610167351
Holborn Infirmary27313....872185Under 5..................................3....1013
5 upwds.....................2....3....106971168260
Hoxton House Asylum49......32917Under 5............................................
5 upwds.................................213..4349
North Eastern Hospital103365611......Under 5....19..............1..........720163892
5 upwds.....2..........................1..11611
Convent Hospital51..4......Under 5........................................11
5 upwds.............................1..........34
Totals2,5827263887267790539Under 5..58510............26281651..202524325451,114
5 upwds...410215....2..52189..229340125416841,468
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.3122764353212331Under 511525................122....18..63091
5 upwds.1210....7........1..1......2723163697221
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.4284947157106204Under 5....14..............1..........623..44896
5 upwds.....2..............2....21..12751010218332

* This case does not appear on investigation to have been Typhus Fever.