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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(B.) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. (a) | Population at all ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Nomber of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1891. (b) | Estimated to middle of 1899. (c) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 1 8 | | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Total. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Total. | |||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | |||||||||||||||||||
Sob-Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Shoreditch South | 20,098 | 16,950 | 497 | Under 5 5 upwards | .. | 9 | 14 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 27 | .. | 9 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 |
.. | 35 | 23 | .. | .. | 14 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 31 | 106 | .. | 29 | 19 | .. | .. | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 59 | |||||
(2) Hoxton New Town | 29,313 | 29,800 | 974 | Under 5 5 upwards | .. | 33 | 43 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 82 | .. | 29 | 29 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 61 |
.. | 53 | 56 | 1 | .. | 57 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 30 | 201 | .. | 51 | 46 | 1 | .. | 48 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 146 | |||||
(3) Hoxton Old Town | 28,354 | 27,165 | 947 | Under 5 5 upwards | .. | 36 | 23 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 64 | .. | 29 | 20 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 |
.. | 52 | 36 | 1 | .. | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | 147 | .. | 42 | 30 | 1 | .. | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 94 | |||||
(4) Haggerston | 46,244 | 47,615 | 1,713 | Under 5 5 upwards | .. | 53 | 61 | 5 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 130 | .. | 44 | 51 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 |
.. | 90 | 98 | 3 | .. | 58 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 82 | 338 | .. | 76 | 79 | 2 | .. | 45 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 202 | |||||
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse | .. | *1,328 | *71 | Under 5 5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 16 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||||
Holborn Workhouse | .. | §1.410 | §79 | Under 5 5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Hoxton House | .. | †250 | .. | Under 5 5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
North-Eastern Hospital for Children | .. | *60 | .. | Under 5 5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Convent Hospital | .. | †40 | .. | Under 5 5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Total | 124,009 | 121,530 | 4,131 | Under 5 5 upwards | .. | 131 | 141 | 8 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 303 | .. | 110 | 114 | 3 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 235 |
1 | 231 | 215 | 5 | .. | 160 | 2 | .. | 10 | 1 | 188 | 813 | .. | 199 | 176 | 4 | .. | 125 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 505 |
* Included in the figures relating to Haggerston. § Included in the figures relating to Hoxton New Town. f Included in the figures for Shoreditch South.