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 1894
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(A.) TABLE OF DEATHS
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 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases | Total. | ||||||
(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. Shoreditch | 1,756 | 645 | 318 | 55 | 52 | 507 | 179 | Under 5 | .. | 5 | 16 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 61 | 77 | 65 | 1 | .. | 9 | 222 | 3 | 26 | 467 | 963 | |
5 upwds. | .. | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1* | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .. | 143 | 201 | 88 | 29 | 297 | 793 | ||||||||
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse | 396 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 182 | 158 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | 29 | 45 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 73 | 69 | 26 | 10 | 167 | 351 | ||||||||
Holborn Infirmary | 273 | 13 | .. | .. | 8 | 72 | 185 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 10 | 13 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 10 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 168 | 260 | ||||||||
Hoxton House Asylum | 49 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 29 | 17 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 43 | 49 | ||||||||
North Eastern Hospital | 103 | 36 | 56 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 92 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||
Convent Hospital | 5 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
Totals | 2,582 | 726 | 388 | 72 | 67 | 790 | 539 | Under 5 | .. | 5 | 85 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 62 | 81 | 65 | 1 | .. | 20 | 252 | 4 | 32 | 545 | 1,114 |
5 upwds. | .. | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .. | 229 | 340 | 125 | 41 | 684 | 1,468 | ||||||||
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. | 312 | 27 | 64 | 35 | 32 | 123 | 31 | Under 5 | 1 | 15 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | 6 | 30 | 91 |
5 upwds. | 1 | 2 | 10 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 23 | 16 | 36 | 97 | 221 | ||||||||
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 428 | 49 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 106 | 204 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 23 | .. | 4 | 48 | 96 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 12 | 75 | 10 | 10 | 218 | 332 |
* This case does not appear on investigation to have been Typhus Fever.