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Shoreditch 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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(B.)TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEWCASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,coming to the knowledgeofthe Medical Officer of Health, during the52 weeksending December31st, 1898,in the Metropolitan Sanitary DistrictofSaint Leonard, Shoreditch, classified according toDiseases, Ages,andLocalities.

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)
Sub-Districts—
(1) Shoreditch South20,09817,100522Under 5..2613..............140..2211................33
5 upwards..3617....141..3..2192..3116....91........57
(2) Hoxton New Town29,31329,7501,007Under 5..5826....1........287..5519....1..........75
5 upwards..6527....23....1..36152..6021....18..........99
(3) Hoxton Old Town28,35427,3651,018Under 5..47263..1........380..36181..1..........56
5 upwards..52292..18....1..35137..46211..14..........82
(4) Haggerston46,24447,5251,734Under 5..44466..1........7104..36413..............80
5 upwards..8454....32....2..58231..6839....20..........127
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse..*1,200..Under 5..52..............18..52................7
5 upwards..78....1........1026..77................14
Holborn Infirmary..§1,370..Under 5..1..................1..1..................1
upwards..1..................1..1..................1
Hoxton House..†250..Under 5................................................
5 upwards................................................
North-Eastern Hospital for Children..*60..Under 5................................................
5 upwards....................11........................
Convent Hospital..†40..Under 5................................................
5 upwards................................................
Total124,009121,7404,281Under 5..1811139..3........14320..155914..2..........252
5 upwards..2451352..881..71161640..2131041..611........380

* Included in the population of Haggerston. †Included in the population of Shoreditch South. §Included in the population of Hoxton New Town.