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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(B.) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,
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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1894. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Total. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup. | Fevebs. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Total. | |||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | |||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sub-Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Shoreditch South | 20,098 | 19,890 | 524 | Under 5 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
5 upwards | 10 | 33 | 11 | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 28 | 95 | 10 | 25 | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | ||||
(2) Hoxton New Town | 29,313 | 28,280 | 1,133 | Under 5 | 1 | 19 | 23 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 47 | 1 | 13 | 20 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36 |
5 upwards | 10 | 34 | 35 | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 37 | 129 | 10 | 24 | 17 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56 | ||||
(3) Hoxton Old Town | 28,354 | 28,850 | 984 | Under 5 | .. | 37 | 34 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 80 | .. | 24 | 23 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 |
5 upwards | 1 | 65 | 44 | .. | .. | 21 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 36 | 170 | 1 | 46 | 20 | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 79 | ||||
(4) Haggerston. | 46,244 | 45,400 | 1,691 | Under 5 | .. | 103 | 56 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 170 | .. | 67 | 31 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 |
5 upwards | 4 | 184 | 83 | .. | .. | 35 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 71 | 378 | 4 | 116 | 34 | .. | .. | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 179 | ||||
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Holborn Infirmary | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Hoxton House | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
North-Eastern Hospital | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Convent Hospital | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Total | 124,009 | 122,420 | 4,332 | Under 5 | 2 | 171 | 130 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 332 | 2 | 109 | 8 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 198 |
5 upwards | 25 | 316 | 173 | .. | .. | 79 | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | 172 | 772 | 25 | 211 | 76 | .. | .. | 44 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 357 |