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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Shoreditch 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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deaths registered from all causes during the year ending 31st December, 1895.DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB.DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.
CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total Deaths under Five.Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 60.60 to 70.70 to 85.85 and upwards.
II.— PARASITIC DISEASES
Thrush and other Vegetable Diseases1..............................1.........11
Worms, Hydatids, &c....................................................
III.. DIETIC DISEASES
Privation.....................2............1...1...2
Want of Breast Milk1..............................1.........11
Scurvy...................................................
Alcoholisma. Del. Tremens............11..................1......12
b. Intemperance............3...2...1.........321...6
IV.. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Gout..................2......1......1...113
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of Heart......1............11.........1...118
Rheumatism...............13..................3...14
Cancer............2101711157......1213132462
Rickets554...........................712317
Anæmia, Chlorosis...1......1..................1......112
Diabetes...............l231.........21227
Other Constitutional Diseases1...............1............11...1...2
V.. LOCAL DISEASES.
(1) Diseases of the Nervous System.
Inflammation of the Brain or Membranes11321122......1...14277723
Apoplexy and Brain Paralysis13......31319102117...41028173787
Id sanity......1125254.........5...1520
Chorea......1..............................1......1
Epilepsy.........3411221......423514