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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE VI. — ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTH AND DEATH RATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1901.
| Districts. | Estimated population 1901 | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births. | percentage to total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| births | deaths during the years: | deaths during 1901, 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. | |||||||||||
| 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,544,983 | 29.0 | 18.3 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 17.6 | 2.2 | 0.05 | 0.43 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.12 | 0.87 | 149 | 0.3 | ||||
| Shoreditch | §117,162 | 34.3 | 22.4 | 24.2 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 2.9 | 0.04 | 0.64 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.49 | 0.08 | 1.30 | 3.0 | 0.93 | 201 | 11.7 | 31.6 | |
| Shoreditch South | 16,276 | 30.0 | 23.3 | 29.9 | 26.4 | 23.2 | 2.2 | — | 0.55 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 1.10 | 3.6 | 0.55 | 177 | 7.6 | 46.7 | |
| Hoxton New Town | §28,344 | 37.3 | 21.5 | 21.6 | 20.9 | 21.6 | 3.1 | 0.03 | 0.63 | 0.10 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.07 | 1.48 | 2.5 | 1.12 | 182 | 13.3 | 25.6 | |
| Hoxton Old Town | 26,480 | 35.6 | 22.7 | 24.7 | 19.8 | 22.0 | 2.8 | 0.07 | 0.52 / | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.37 | 0.01 | 1.43 | 3.0 | 0.94 | 213 | 12.4 | 28.0 | |
| Haggerston | 46,062 | 35.0 | 22.5 | 22.7 | 20.9 | 22.1 | 3.2 | 0.04 | .0.73 | 0.28 | 0.19 | 0.71 | 0.06 | 1.19 | 3.2 | 0.93 | 203 | 11.7 | 32.6 | |
* 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 beading 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.