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Shoreditch 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

Published
1899
Pages
74
Tables
49

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49 tables in this report

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    TABLE I.
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    TABLE II.
    District.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE III.
    Year.London.Shoreditch.
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    TABLE IV.
    Year.Shoreditch.London.
    Number of Marriages.Rate per 1,000 Population.Number of Marriages.Rate per 1,000 Population.
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    TABLE V.
    Registration District.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE VI.
    Year.Shoreditch.London.Year.Shoreditch.London.
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    TABLE VII.
    Yeab.Infant Mortality per 1,000 Births.
    London.Shoreditch.
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    TABLE VIII.
    Year189318941895189618971898
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    TABLE IX.
    Institution.Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.Total.
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    TABLE X.
    Asylums.No. of Deaths.General Hospitals—continued.No.of Deaths.
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    TABLE XI.
    Year.Namber of cases Certified.Attack rate per 1,000 population.
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    TABLE XII.
    DiseaseFirst Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.Deaths.
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    TABLE XIII.
    Year.Shoreditch.Metropolis.Rest of England and Wales.
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    TABLE XIV.
    Sub-District.SCARLET FEVER.
    Notifications.Fatal Cases.
    Male.Female.Total.Male.Female.Total.
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    TABLE XV.
    Sub-District.DIPHTHERIA.
    Notifications.Fatal Cases
    Male.Female.Total.Male.Female.Total.
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    TABLE XVI.
    Age Period.Male.Female.Total.
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    TABLE XVII.
    Sub-District.TYPHOID FEVER.
    Notifications.Fatal Cases.
    Male.Female.Total.Male.Female.Total.
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    TABLE XVIII.
    Sub-District.ERYSIPELAS.
    Certificates.Fatal Cases.
    Male.Femalo.Total.Male.Female.Total.
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    TABLE XIX.
    SHOREDITCH.LONDON.
    Year.Number of Deaths.Rate per 1,000 Population.Number of Deaths.Rate per 1,000 Population.
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    TABLE XX.
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    TABLE XXI.
    Year.Deaths from Consumption.Deaths from Tuberculosis including Consumption.Death-rate per 1,000 Population.
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    TABLE XXII.
    Year.Number of Premises.Number of Beds.Number of Pillows.Number of Palliasses.Number of Bolsters.Number of Other Articles.Total Number of Articles.
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    TABLE XXIII.
    Date of Admittance to ShelterLength of Stay.Number of Persons.Address.Disease.
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    TABLE XXIV.
    Chief Inspt'r.Insp. Lear.Insp. Quelch.Insp. Firth.Insp. Jordan.Insp. LindonTotal.
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    TABLE XXV.
    Premises.Result of Proceedings.
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    TABLE XXVII.
    Premises.Result.
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    TABLE XXVII.
    Year.No. of bakehouses on the register.In a satisfactory sanitary condition.
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    TABLE XXVIII.
    Year.Number of Samples Analysed.Percentage found Adulterated.
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    TABLE XXIX. DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT, DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER -31 ST , 1898. Note .—The Deaths of Non-Parishioners occurring in Hospitals, &c., in the Parish, are excluded; and the Deaths of Parishioners occurring in Hospitals, &c., situated in London beyond the limits of the Parish, are included.
    DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 1898.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 11 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.
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    DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 st , 1898. DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total Deaths under Fire.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.
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    DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING TH E YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 st , 1898. 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.
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    TABLE XXX. SUMMARY OF THE DEATHS IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT, FOR THE YEAR 1898.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
    Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
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    TABLE XXXI.—ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1898.
    Districts.Estimated population 1898.Annual Rate per 1000 persons living.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births.percentage to total deaths.
    birthstotal deaths duringdeaths fromInquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.Uncertified Causes of Death.
    Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small.Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough.*Fever.Diarrhoea.Tubercular Diseases.Violence.
    1895.1896.1897.1898.
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    TABLE XXXII. ANALYSIS of the Cases Treated by the District Medical Officers of the Parish during the Year ending December 31 st, 1898.
    Diseases.Diseases.
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    (A.) TABLE OF DEATHS during the 52 Weeks ending December 31s t , 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, Distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    12345678910111213141516171819202122
    At all ages.U nder 1 year.1 and under 55 and under 1516 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwards.
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and PleurisyHeart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseasestotal.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(6)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
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    (B.) T ABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NE W CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the 52 weeks ending December 31s t , 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness ix each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of sdch Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1898.12345678910111212356789101112
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total,Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.CholeraErysipelas.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    The Vestry of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in the County of London. SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875. The Report of the Analyst appointed uuder the above Act for this County, of the number of articles of Food, Drinkk, and Drugs, which have been received and analysed by such Analyst, specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such articles, &c., during the Quarter ending the 31st day of March, 1898.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Fines and Costs imposed.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fee payable for Analysing such Article.
    1898.£.s.d.£s.d.
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    Analyst's Report for the Quarter ending the 31st day of March, 1898—continued.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article receiyed.Fines and Costs imposed.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fee payable for Analysing such Article.
    1897.£s.d.£.s.d.
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    Analyst's Report for the Quarter ending the 31st day of March, 1S98—continued.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article receivedFines and Costs imposed.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fee payable for Analysing such Article.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875. The Report of the Analyst appointed under the above Act for this County, of the number of articles of Food, Drink, and Drugs which have been received and analysed by such Analyst, specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such articles, &c., during the Quarter ending the 30th day of June, 1898.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu o the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Fines and Costs imposed.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients, detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fee payable for Analysing such Article.
    1898.£s.d.£S.d.
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    Analyst's Report for the Quarter ending the 3 0 th day of June, 1898— continued.
    Pate of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Artiole by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the persons from whom it was procured.Article received.Fines and Costs imposed.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredleuts detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fee payable for Analysing such Article.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875. The Report of the Analyst appointed under the above Act for this County, of the number of articles of Food, Drink, and Drugs which have been received and analysed by such Analyst, specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such articles, &c., during the Quarter ending the 30th day of September, 1898.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Fines and Costs imposedResult of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign Ingredients detected in such article (if any;.Observations.Fee payable for Analysing such Article.
    £.sd£s.d.
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    SALE OP FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875. The Report of the Analyst appoiuted under the above Act for this County, of the number of articles of Food, Drink, and Drugs, which have been received and analysed by such Analyst, specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such articles, &c., during the Quarter ending the 31st day of December, 1898.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Fines and Costs imposed.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fee payable for Analysing such Article.
    1898.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Analyst's Report for the Quarter ending the 31st day of December, 1898— continued.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it ia to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article receivedFines and Costs imposed.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fee payable for Analysing suoh Article.
    1898.£s.d.£.s.d.
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    Analyst's Report for the Quarter ending the 31st day of December, 1898— continued.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Fines and Costs imposed.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fee payable for Analysing such Article.
    1898.£.s.d.£.s.d.
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    Analyst's Report for the Quarter ending the 31s t day of December, 1898— continued.
    Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed.Name of Person from whom the Article was received.Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured.Article received.Fines and Costs imposed.Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any).Observations.Fee payable for Analysing such Article.
    1898.£.s.d.£s.d.