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Shoreditch 1899

[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, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the 52 weeks ending December 31st, 1899, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

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.
Census 1891. (b)Estimated to middle of 1899. (c)12345671 8910111 121234567 1 8 |9101112
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
Sob-Districts—
(1) Shoreditch South20,09816,950497Under 5 5 upwards..9142............227..914................23
..3523....141..2..31106..2919....101........59
(2) Hoxton New Town29,31329,800974Under 5 5 upwards..3343....3........382..2929....3..........61
..53561..57....3130201..51461..48..........146
(3) Hoxton Old Town28,35427,165947Under 5 5 upwards..36231..2........264..29201..2..........51
..52361..26........32147..42301..21..........94
(4) Haggerston46,24447,6151,713Under 5 5 upwards..53615..6........5130..44512..3..........100
..90983..58....5..82338..76792..45..........202
Shoreditch Infirmary and Workhouse..*1,328*71Under 5 5 upwards................................................
....2....4........1016....2....1..........3
Holborn Workhouse..§1.410§79Under 5 5 upwards................................................
..1................34......................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................................................
................................................
Total124,009121,5304,131Under 5 5 upwards..1311418..11........12303..1101143..8..........235
12312155..1602..101188813..1991764..1251........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.