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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 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE XXXI. — ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1899.
| Districts. | Estimated population 1899. | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births. | percentage to total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| births | during the years: | during 1899, from: | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | * Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Tuberculous Disease. | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899 | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,589,129 | 29.4 | 18.6 | 17.7 | 18.3 | 19.7 | 2.4 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.08 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.92 | — | — | 167.0 | — | — | 0.6 |
| Shoreditch | §120,120 | 33.7 | 21.6 | 21.7 | 22.4 | 24.2 | 3.6 | — | 0.69 | 0.12 | 0.52 | 0.36 | 0.20 | 1.75 | 2.9 | 0.89 | 210.0 | 11.3 | 28.8 | 0.03 |
| Sub-Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoreditch South | 16,950 | 29.3 | 21.1 | 24.7 | 23.3 | 29.9 | 3.4 | — | 0.82 | 0.11 | 0.47 | 0.11 | 0.35 | 1.53 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 237.0 | 11.4 | 42.6 | 0.05 |
| Hoxton New Town | 28,340 | 31.5 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 21.5 | 21.6 | 4.0 | — | 0.63 | 0.17 | 0.74 | 0.56 | 0.14 | 1.83 | 3.2 | 0.81 | 203.0 | 10.8 | 24.3 | 0.03 |
| Hoxton Old Town | 27,165 | 34.8 | 19.9 | 22.1 | 22.7 | 24.7 | 4.1 | — | 0.62 | 0.11 | 0.47 | 0.36 | 0.14 | 2.46 | 2.7 | 0.92 | 228.0 | 12.1 | 24.0 | 0.06 |
| Haggerston | 47,615 | 35.9 | 23.3 | 21.2 | 22.5 | 22.7 | 3.2 | — | 0.71 | 0.10 | 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 1.38 | 2.7 | 0.88 | 183.0 | 10.9 | 28.0 | — |
* Fever includes Typhus, Typhoid, and continued Fevers.
§The inhabitants of the Holborn Union Workhouse, which is situate in Hoxton New Town Sub-District, are not included.
Note.—Where the deaths under any heading are too few to express as a rate per 1000 within two places of decimals, 0.00 is inserted;
where no deaths have occurred, a line is placed in the space under the heading.
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