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Shoreditch 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT.
THE VESTRY OF
SAINT LEONARD, SHORE DITCH.
REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
For the Quarter ending June 27th, 1857.
To the Vestry of St. Leonard, Shoreditch.
Gentlemen,
The following Report embraces the
thirteen weeks ending on the 27th June, 1857.
The total deaths registered in this period amount to
691, to be compared with 629 in the corresponding
quarter of 1856. This absolute increase is not, however,
to be taken as evidence of greater comparative