Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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(A.) TABLE OF DEATHS
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.) (a) | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, Distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | lu | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||||||||
At all ages. (b) | Under 1 year. (c) | 1 and under 5 (d) | 5 and under 15 (e) | 15 and under 25 (f) | 25 and under 65 (g) | 65 and upwards. (h) | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases | Total. | ||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Leonard, Shoreditch | 2,077 | 781 | 332 | 46 | 58 | 596 | 264 | Under 5 5 upwds. | .. | 2 | 11 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 74 | 43 | 183 | .. | .. | 2 | 214 | 1 | 53 | 524 | 1113 |
.. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 9 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 4 | .. | 141 | 268 | 122 | 26 | 365 | 964 | |||||||||
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse | 477 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 249 | 177 | Under 5 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 22 | 31 |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 82 | 90 | 50 | 4 | 200 | 446 | |||||||||
Holborn Workhouse | 312 | 19 | 2 | .. | 3 | 97 | 191 | Under 5 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 21 |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 9 | 88 | 35 | 8 | 142 | 291 | |||||||||
Hoxton House Asylum | 33 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 23 | 8 | Under 5 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | .. | 23 | 33 | |||||||||
North Eastern Hospital | 79 | 36 | 32 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 5 upwds. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 16 | .. | 5 | 37 | 68 |
.. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Convent Hospital | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Totals | 2,982 | 855 | 381 | 64 | 77 | 965 | 640 | Under 5 5 upwds. | .. | 2 | 18 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 76 | 43 | 187 | .. | .. | 5 | 233 | 1 | 60 | 605 | 1,236 |
.. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 237 | 447 | 212 | 39 | 737 | 1,746 | ||||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also been taken in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 358 | 44 | 84 | 36 | 33 | 131 | 30 | Under 5 5 upwds. | .. | 10 | 38 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 22 | .. | 6 | 43 | 128 |
.. | 3 | 10 | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 27 | 32 | 26 | 24 | 95 | 230 | |||||||||
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 429 | 45 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 134 | 203 | Under 5 5 upwds. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | .. | 5 | 49 | 78 |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 16 | 92 | 43 | 16 | 174 | 351 |