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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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Under the age of one year there were 704 deaths, or 28.1 per cent. of the total
number of deaths, as against 25.7 per cent. in 1893, 25.6 per cent. in 1892, and 26.36
per cent. in 1891.
The mortality amongst infants under one year of age per 1,000 births amounted to
166.3.
The following table shows the numbers of deaths under one year, the numbers o births, and the infant mortality in Shoreditch and London, for the ten years ending 1893:—
TABLE X.
| YEAR. | SHOREDITCH. | LONDON. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths under One Year. | Births. | Infant Mortality to 1,000 Births. | Deaths under One Year. | Births. | Infant Mortality to 1,000 Births. | |
| 1884 | 808 | 4,983 | 162.1 | 21,369 | 137,495 | 155.4 |
| 1885 | 792 | 4,829 | 164.0 | 19,594 | 132,506 | 147.8 |
| 1886 | 884 | 4,779 | 189.1 | 21,231 | 133,700 | 158.7 |
| 1887 | 882 | 4,681 | 188.8 | 21,015 | 133,075 | 157.8 |
| 1888 | 756 | 4,628 | 163.3 | 19,196 | 131,080 | 146.4 |
| 1889 | 716 | 4,526 | 158.1 | 18,580 | 131,487 | 141.3 |
| 1890 | 803 | 4,469 | 179.6 | 20,493 | 132,727 | 154.8 |
| 1891 | 801 | 4,648 | 174.4 | 21,252 | 130,690 | 162.6 |
| 1892 | 760 | 4,487 | 169.3 | 20,359 | 131,535 | 154.7 |
| 1893 | 809 | 4,446 | 186.0 | 21,845 | 132,975 | 156.7 |
Of the 704 deaths, under the age of one year, debility at birth and prematurity
caused 159, diseases of the respiratory organs 128, convulsions 69, diarrhoea 51,
tubercular diseases 53, whooping cough 30, and causes not specified or ill-defined, 73.
There were 20 deaths attributed to accidental suffocation in bed, 7 to negligence at
birth, and there was one death due to scalding.
Of children between the ages of one and five years, 405 deaths were registered :
230 of these were due to diseases classed as zymotic; whooping cough caused 53 deaths,
measles 50, diphtheria 52, diarrhoea 16, scarlatina 16, tubercular diseases 42, and
diseases of the respiratory organs 122 ; 5 deaths resulted from burns and scalds, and
1 child was run over and killed.
The deaths under five years of age amounted to 1,109, or 49 9 per cent, of the
total number of deaths. The numbers in the preceding three years were 1,400 in
1893, 1,264 in 1892, and 1,385 in 1891, corresponding to percentages of 44-5, 44-6,
and 45'5 respectively.
Of children in the 5—15 ages period, 92 deaths were registered; 14 of these