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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 1896
Annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1896
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TABLE XXVII.—ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTHS AND
DEATHS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1896.
| Districts. | Estimated population 1896. | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births. | Percentage To Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Total Deaths During | Deaths From | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | * Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Tubercular Disease*. | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,421,955 | 30.2 | 21.3 | 17.8 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 3.14 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 0.21 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.14 | 0.72 | 2.4 | 0.77 | 161.0 | 9.1 | 27.8 | 0.6 |
| Shoreditch | 121,108 | 85.5 | 25.7 | 20.14 | 23.43 | 21.6 | 4.3 | 0.00 | 1.10 | 0.31 | 0.61 | *0.94 | 0.14 | 1.24 | 2.48 | 0.85 | 183.3 | 13.0 | 25.5 | — |
| Sub.Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoreditch South | 17,975 | 27.8 | 20.0 | 15.9 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 4.1 | — | 1.11 | 0.27 | 1.11 | 0.66 | 0.11 | 0.83 | 2.11 | 0.89 | 161.6 | 14.4 | 36.9 | — |
| Hoxton New Town | 28,325 | 38.4 | 26.2 | 20.2 | 25.3 | 20.8 | 4.3 | — | 1.41 | 0.17 | 0.52 | 1.28 | 0.14 | 0.88 | 2.29 | 0.95 | 182.3 | 17.0 | 23.3 | — |
| Hoxton Old Town | 27,645 | 34.5 | 24.9 | 19.1 | 22.4 | 19.9 | 3.5 | — | 0.83 | 0.28 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.14 | 1.22 | 2.31 | 0.83 | 194.9 | 13.4 | 22.6 | — |
| Haggerston | 47,163 | 38.1 | 28.3 | 22.5 | 24.3 | 23.3 | 5.0 | 0.02 | 1.08 | 0.42 | 0.55 | 1.12 | 0.16 | 1.63 | 2.84 | 0.78 | 185.0 | 10.1 | 24.3 | — |
* Fever includes Typhus, Typhoid, and continued Fevers.
Note.—Where the deaths under any heading are too few to express as a rate per 1000 within two places of decimals, 0.00 is inserted
where no deaths have occurred, a line is placed in the space under the heading.