Table: TABLEI.Deaths Registered in the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the13Weeks ending September 26th, 1857.
TABLEI.Deaths Registered in the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the13Weeks ending September 26th, 1857.
| Causes of Death. | Under 1 year | Under 5 | Under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | Total. |
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| All Causes | 247 | 185 | 59 | 68 | 95 | 85 | 14 | 753 |
| I. Zymotic Class. | | | | | | | | |
| 309 | Small-pox | | 2 | 2 | | | | | 4 |
| Chicken-pox | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| Measles | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | | | | 27 |
| Scarlatina | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | | | 35 |
| Hooping Cough | 15 | 35 | 2 | | | | | 52 |
| Croup | 2 | 4 | 1 | | | | | 7 |
| Thrush | 5 | | | | | | | 5 |
| Diarrhœa | 67 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | | 110 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 5 |
| Cholera | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | | 3 |
| Influenza | | | | | | | | |
| Ague | | | | | | | | |
| Remittent Fever | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 2 |
| Infantile Fever | | | | | | | | |
| Typhus | 1 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 51 |
| Metria (Child bed fever) | | | | | | | | |
| Rheumatic Fever | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 2 |
| Erysipelas | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 3 |
| Syphilis | 2 | | | | | | | 2 |
| Noma | | | | | | | | |
| Hydrophobia | | | | | | | | |
| II. Dropsy, &c.: | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Hæmorrhage | | | | | l | | | 1 |
| Dropsy | | | | | 6 | 3 | | 9 |
| Abscess | | | | | | | | |
| Ulcer | 1 | | | | | 2 | | 3 |
| Fistula | | | | | | | | |
| Mortification | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Cancer | | | | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Gout | | | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| III. Tubercular Class; | | | | | | | | |
| 157 | Scrofula | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 8 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 16 | 17 | 3 | | | | | 36 |
| Phthisis (Lung Consumption) | 11 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 22 | 9 | | 94 |
| Hydrocephalus (Water on the Brain | 10 | 9 | | | | | | 19 |
| IV. Brain, Nerves, &e.: | | | | | | | | |
| 59 | Cephalitis | 4 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | 7 |
| Apoplexy | | | | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Paralysis | | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Delirium Tremens | | | | | | | | |
| Chorea | | | | | | | | |
| Epilepsy | | | | 1 | 2 | | | 3 |
| Tetanus | | | | | | | | |
| Insanity | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 3 |
| Convulsions | 17 | 6 | | | | | | 23 |
| Disease of Brain, &c.: | 4 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | 7 |
| 9 | V. Disease of Heart and Blood Vessels | 1 | | | 1 | 5 | 2 | | 9 |
| VI. Respiratory Organs: | | | | | | | | |
| 66 | Laryngitis | | 2 | 1 | | | | | 3 |
| Bronchitis | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| Pleurisy | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 15 | 14 | | 1 | 3 | 2 | | 35 |
| Asthma | | | | | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Disease of Lungs &c..... | | | | | 3 | | | 3 |
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