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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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(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 toDiseases,Ages,andLocalities.

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)
Sub-Districts—
(1) Shoreditch South20,09819,890524Under 511217..............535157................13
5 upwards103311....12....1..289510255....3..........43
(2) Hoxton New Town29,31328,2801,133Under 511923....2........24711320....2..........36
5 upwards103435....11....2..37129102417....5..........56
(3) Hoxton Old Town28,35428,850984Under 5..3734....2........780..2423....2..........49
5 upwards16544....212..1..3617014620....111........79
(4) Haggerston.46,24445,4001,691Under 5..10356....2........9170..6731....2..........100
5 upwards418483....35....1..71378411634....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................................................
Total124,009122,4204,332Under 52171130....6........2333221098....6..........198
5 upwards25316173....792..5..1727722521176....441........357