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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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(A.) TABLE OF DEATHS during the 52 Weeks ending December, 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Saint Leonard, Shore ditch, classified according to D iseases , A ges, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) (a)Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, Distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
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At all ages. (b)Under 1 year. (c)1 and under 5 (d)5 and under 15 (e)15 and under 25 (f)25 and under 65 (g)65 and upwards. (h)
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and PleurisyHeart Disease.Injuries.All other DiseasesTotal.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
St. Leonard, Shoreditch1,9347324155864465200Under 5..9215..2..........1271081321..32523434411147
5 upwds...372..9........131712..14016610830298787
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse31614819177107Under 5......................51........3....1322
5 upwds.....................1....2....4958436135294
Holborn Infirmary2138..1256146Under 5....................1..1..............68
5 upwds.................1........2....64163146205
Hoxton House Asylum59........3821Under 5............................................
5 upwds.................................310523959
North Eastern Hospital90314217......Under 5.....7..............1....8....120..23473
5 upwds.....5..........................1..3..817
Convent Hospital81142....Under 5........................2................2
5 upwds.......................................156
Totals2,6207864668177736474Under 5..9285..2........21321121401..42753454941,252
5 upwds...3122..9....1..2311112..199275165426311,368
The subjoined numbers have also been taken in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons be-onging thereto.3693670403016429Under 5..2021................146....1113435106
5 upwds.1617....7........1..13....32143326122263
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.3673634195102171Under 5....5..............2237....116..33170
5 upwds.....5..........1........2....12521411200297