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Shoreditch 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE I.
Causes of Deatb in Shorcditch during the thirteen weeks ending 3rd July, 1858.
| All Ages | Under 1 year | Under 5years | 5 & under 10 | 10 to 20 | 26 to 40 | 40 to 60 | above 60 | Deaths ai all ages in Shoreditch Workhouse | In St. Luke's Workhousu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Measles | 26 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Scarlatina | 38 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 38 | 9 | 26 | 3 | ||||||
| Fever | 28 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Influenza | ||||||||||
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Cholera | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Carbuncle | ||||||||||
| Rheumatism | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Syphilis | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Privation, (including want | ||||||||||
| of breast milk) | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Alcoholism | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Worms, Thrush, &c | ||||||||||
| Dropsy | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Cancer | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Mortification | ||||||||||
| Scrofula, Tubes Mesenterica, and Hydrocephalus | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Phthisis | 88 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| Purpura | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 35 | 25 | 10 | 4 | ||||||
| Apoplexy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Brain Disease | 42 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 5 | |
| Heart Disease | 12 | 1 | l | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Laryngitis, including Croup | 21 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bronchitis | 53 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Pneumonia | 38 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lung Diseases | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Stomach Diseases | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Liver Diseases | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Bright's Disease | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kidney & Bladder Diseases | 2 | l | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Ovarian Disease | 1 | l | ||||||||
| Uterine Disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Joint Disease | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Skin Disease | ||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 12 | 12 | ||||||||
| Malformations | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Teething | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Child-birth | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Old Age | 28 | 28 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Atrophy, Debility | 32 | 24 | 3 | l | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Violence | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Poison | 4 | 2 | l | 1 | ||||||
| Drowning | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Not specified | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 684 | 174 | 180 | 32 | 15 | 68 | 90 | 125 | 55 | 31 |