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Shoreditch 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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(A.) TABLE OF DEATHSduring the52Weeks ending December31st, 1898,in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, classified according toDiseases, Ages,andLocalities.

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.
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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)
St. Leonard, Shoreditch1,9457793647043482207Under 5..2113............19393188....42171484821143
5 upwds...241..9....21513116..1261888521337802
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse381247310192145Under 5......................5..4......6. .. .1631
5 upwds...........1........4....41..68633210167350
Holborn Infirmary241133..376146Under 5..........................4....,,1....1116
5 upwds.....................1....5....64693155225
Hoxton House Asylum40........2713Under 5....... .....................................
5 upwds.................................411012440
North Eastern Hospital97354616......Under 5....91............11..4l..120153781
5 upwds.............................l......211216
Convent Hospital5..23......Under 5..................................1....12
5 upwds.................................1......23
Totals2,7098514229256777511Under 5..2204............29993200l..52452535471,273
5 upwds...241..10....211013208..205298138366971,436
The subjoined numbers have also been taken in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto.3663572223416439Under 5 5 upwds.12 420 4.. .... ....7.. .... .... .... .... ..3 ..1 ..7 1.. .... ..2 3722 221266 2533 133107259
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.3714042143108164Under 5 5 upwds... .... ..7..1 .... .... .... .... .... .... ..1..1 1.. ..751 1.. ..11219 501211 842 19183 289