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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.

18591860
1st quarter2nd quarter3rd quarter4th quarter1st quarter
Small-Pox3028191013
Measles15531614
Scarlatina3145595019
Whooping-Cough3920101836
Fever2922312630
Pyœmia...1.........
Erysipelas23217
Puerperal Fever44223
Influenza1............
Dysentery12...21
Diarrhœa69166139
Cholera......21...
Diptheria117447
Rheumatism43115
Syphilis21123
Privation1...6...4
Alcoholism13...22
Dropsy81181514
Cancer7712913
Mortification13327
Scrofula, Tabes Mesenterica and Hydrocephalus2839522245
Phthisis86848510385
Carbuncle31131
Convulsions3834251941
Apoplexy89111921
Brain Disease6053486061
Heart Disease1322282128
Laryngistis1844109
Bronchitis84481486148
Pneumonia64401544119
Lung Diseases1216141535
Stomach Diseases161718199
Liver Diseases61115813
Bright's Disease14511
Kidney & Bladder Diseases25135
Ovarian Disease22...11
Uterine Disease223......
Skin Disease......2......
Premature Birth111110725
Malformations34137
Teething103425
Childbirth2...54...
Old Age3323293444
Atrophy, Debility3923533751
Asphyxia2111...
Violence10109916
Poison2122...
Drowning...3.........
Not Specified196951
Totals767650793712961
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