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Shoreditch 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE I.
Causes of Death in Shoreditch during the thirteen weeks ending 3rd April, 1858.
| All Ages | Under 1 year | Under 5years | 5 & under 10 | 10 to 20 | 20 to 40 | 40 to 60 | above 60 | Deaths at all apes in Shoreditch Workhouse | In St. Luke's Workhouse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Measles | 30 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Scarlatina | 20 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Whooping Cough | 35 | 8 | 26 | 1 | ||||||
| Fever | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Influenza | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Dysentery | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Diarrhœa | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Croup | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Carbuncle | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Rheumatism | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Privation, (including want of breast milk) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Alcoholism | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Worms, Thrush, &c | ||||||||||
| Dropsy | 17 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Cancer | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Mortification | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||||||
| Scrofula, Tabes Mesenterica, and Hydrocephalus | 33 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Phthisis | 73 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| Purpura | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Insanity | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Apoplexy | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Brain Disease | 67 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 7 |
| Heart Disease | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| Laryngitis | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 122 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 56 | 19 | 2 | |
| Pneumonia | 76 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Lung Diseases | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Stomach Diseases | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | |
| Liver Diseases | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Bright's Disease | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kidney & Bladder Diseases | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Ovarian Disease | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Uterine Disease | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Joint Disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Skin Disease | ||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Malformations | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Teething | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Child-birth | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Old Age | 36 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Atrophy, Debility | 36 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Violence | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Poison | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Drowning | ||||||||||
| Not specified | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 811 | 188 | 160 | 19 | 25 | 80 136 | 203 | 105 | 46 | ||