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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 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE II.
Mortality-Returns of Shoreditch for the four quarters of 1859, and the 1st quarter 1860.
| 1859 | 1860 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | |
| Small-Pox | 30 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 13 |
| Measles | 15 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 |
| Scarlatina | 31 | 45 | 59 | 50 | 19 |
| Whooping-Cough | 39 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 36 |
| Fever | 29 | 22 | 31 | 26 | 30 |
| Pyœmia | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Influenza | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 6 | 9 | 166 | 13 | 9 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... |
| Diptheria | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Rheumatism | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Syphilis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Privation | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | 4 |
| Alcoholism | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Dropsy | 8 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 14 |
| Cancer | 7 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 13 |
| Mortification | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Scrofula, Tabes Mesenterica and Hydrocephalus | 28 | 39 | 52 | 22 | 45 |
| Phthisis | 86 | 84 | 85 | 103 | 85 |
| Carbuncle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Convulsions | 38 | 34 | 25 | 19 | 41 |
| Apoplexy | 8 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 21 |
| Brain Disease | 60 | 53 | 48 | 60 | 61 |
| Heart Disease | 13 | 22 | 28 | 21 | 28 |
| Laryngistis | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 |
| Bronchitis | 84 | 48 | 14 | 86 | 148 |
| Pneumonia | 64 | 40 | 15 | 44 | 119 |
| Lung Diseases | 12 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 35 |
| Stomach Diseases | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 9 |
| Liver Diseases | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 13 |
| Bright's Disease | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Kidney & Bladder Diseases | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Ovarian Disease | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Uterine Disease | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Skin Disease | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| Premature Birth | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| Malformations | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Teething | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Childbirth | 2 | ... | 5 | 4 | ... |
| Old Age | 33 | 23 | 29 | 34 | 44 |
| Atrophy, Debility | 39 | 23 | 53 | 37 | 51 |
| Asphyxia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Violence | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| Poison | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... |
| Drowning | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Not Specified | 19 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Totals | 767 | 650 | 793 | 712 | 961 |
| 2922 | |||||