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Shoreditch 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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TABLE I.

Mortality-Returns of Shoreditch, for the Year ending Saturday, the 29th day of December,1860. Male andFemale.

Deaths of Persons of the AgesDeaths at all ages! in Shoreditch WorkhouseIn St. Luke's Workhouse
All AgesUnder 1 yearUnder 5 years5 & under 1010 to 2020 to 4040 to 60Above 60
Small-Pox235123...3.........1
Measles90147411...............
Scarlatina734531231......11
Whooping Cough11838791............11
Fever94220181222614913
Erysipelas1841...1...6616
Puerperal Fever7............7............
Dysentery21............1.........
Diarrhœa7652811211112...
Cholera, Infantile11.....................
Diphtheria2131061...1......1
Rheumatism11......213142...
Syphilis99..................1...
Privation, including want of) breast milk1813............141...
Alcoholism5.......... . .221...3
Dropsy4613223161939
Cancer43.........12221842
Mortification1931.........51042
Scrofula, Tabes Mesenterica, and Hydrocephalus15154819331...1...
Phthisis3471415929155102231631
Carbuncle2..................2......
Convulsions1339042...1.........11
Sclerema11........................
Apoplexy702......142835107
Brain Disease19921281041641794613
Heart Disease108112813463747
Laryngitis322223...13111
Bronchitis3417957111655132346
Pneumonia26312310253913862
Lung Diseases95352315283948
Stomaoh Diseases63128...41016136...
Liver Diseases30............417921
Bright's Disease7............223......
Kidney & Bladder Diseases10............33411
Ovarian Disease4............22......2
Uterine Disease.2...............111...
Skin Disease1...1.....................
Prematura Birth4049........................
Malformations18126.....................
Teething1798.....................
Childbirth5.........122......1
Old Age113..................113411
Atrophy, Debility14311493...18831
Tetanus11........................
Violence683581131010......
Poison71.........321......
Drowning1111224...1......
Not Specified411......1...1......
Purpura1..................1......
Totals29707756569384312442608189132