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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 1860
[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 quarter of 1860, and the first quarter of 1861.
| 1860 | 1861 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | |
| Small-Pox | 13 | 5 | ... | 5 | 5 |
| Measles | 14 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 27 |
| Scarlatina | 19 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
| Whooping Cough | 80 | 23 | 20 | 39 | 90 |
| Fever | 30 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 18 |
| Erisipelas | 7 | 5 | ... | 6 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 1 | ... | 8 | 2 |
| Dysentery | l | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 9 | 10 | 45 | 12 | 6 |
| Cholera, Infantile | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Rheumatism | 5 | 1 | ... | 5 | 4 |
| Syphilis | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Privation, including want of breast milk | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Alcoholism | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Dropsy | 14 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 14 |
| Cancer | 13 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Mortification | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Scrofula, Tabes masenterica and Hydrocophalus | 45 | 33 | 29 | 44 | 69 |
| Phthisis | 85 | 108 | 83 | 71 | 96 |
| Carbuncle | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Consulsions | 41 | 44 | 24 | 24 | 47 |
| Sclerema | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Apoplexy | 24 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 13 |
| Brain Disease | 61 | 49 | 41 | 48 | 64 |
| Heart Disease | 28 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 46 |
| Laryngitis | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 14 |
| Bronchitis | 148 | 72 | 40 | 81 | 139 |
| Pneumonia | 119 | 37 | 28 | 79 | 77 |
| Lung Disease | 35 | 33 | 6 | 21 | 43 |
| Stomach Diseases | 9 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 12 |
| Liver Diseases | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Bright's Disease | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Kidney and Bladder Diseases | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 |
| Ovarian Disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Uterine Disease | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Skin Disease | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 25 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Malformations | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Teething | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Childbirth | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Old Age | 44 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 49 |
| Atrophy, Debility | 61 | 24 | 38 | 30 | 35 |
| Tetanus | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Violence | 16 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 29 |
| Poison | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Drowning | ... | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Not Speacified | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 |
| Purpura | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 961 | 693 | 503 | 723 | 995 |
| 2070 | |||||