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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | 22.97 | 21.76 | 1889 | 19.31 | 19.48 |
| 1885 | 21.83 | 20.81 | 1890 | 24.99 | 23.50 |
| 1886 | 23.54 | 21.27 | 1891 | 24.80 | 21.07 |
| 1887 | 23.35 | 21.25 | 1892 | 23.09 | 20.50 |
| 1888 | 21.47 | 20.38 | 1893 | 25.70 | 21.38 |
The mean death-rate for the ten years ending 1893 was 23.10 as against 21.14
for the whole of London.
The death-rate was highest in the month of January and lowest in November,
the mean being in the former month 29.8 and in the latter 15.0. The highest point
reached was in the second week in January, when the death-rate rose to 33 per 1,000,
the lowest point touched was in the second week in October, viz., 11.8. The very
high death-rate during January, was due to the number of deaths from whoopingcough
and diseases of the respiratory organs, particularly phthisis, bronchitis and
pneumonia.
The following table gives the number of deaths in the public institutions within the parish:—
TABLE VIII.
| Residents. | Non-residents. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holborn Infirmary | 2 | 272 | 274 |
| Shoreditch Workhouse | 381 | 9 | 390 |
| Hoxton House Asylum | 3 | 48 | 51 |
| North Eastern Hospital | 19 | 85 | 104 |
| Convent Hospital | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Totals | 406 | 419 | 825 |
Elsewhere than in public institution, 6 persons died who were not residents,
viz., 1 in Nichol Square, 1 at the Kingsland Road Police Station, 1 in Gladstone
Buildings, and 1 each at houses situate in Kingsland Road, Goldsmith Row and
Gifford Street.
In addition to these, two persons not belonging to the parish were killed on
the North London Railway, and there were seven deaths from drowning in the
Regents Canal, five of which were of persons not resident in the district. In
the various public institutions and elsewhere outside the area of the parish 312
persons, inhabitants of the parish, died, 191 of whom were males and 121 females.
In the following table are set out the various institutions and other places,
and the numbers of deaths of residents of this parish therein:—