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Shoreditch 1861

[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 28th day of December) 1861. Males & Females.
Deaths of Persons of the Ages
Deaths at all
ages in
Shoreditch
Workhouse
In St. Lake's
Workhouse
All
Ages.
Under
One
Year.
Under
Five
Years.
5 &
under
10
10 to
20
20 to
40
40 to
60
Above
60
Small-Pox
12
2
3
5
...
1
1
...
...
...
Measles
56
5
49
2
...
...
...
...
1
2
Soarlatina
71
4
51
12
2
2
...
...
...
...
Whooping-Cough
224
89
124
9
2
...
...
...
1
...
Fever
110
3
20
16
11
23
18
19
11
12
Erysipelas
15
6
...
...
1
...
6
2
2
2
Puerperal Fever
12
...
...
...
1
10
1
...
1
...
Influenza
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dysentery
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
...
Diarrhœa
149
88
45
2
...
2
...
12
8
...
Cholera
3
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
Diphtheria
37
3
27
3
2
1
1
...
...
...
Rheumatism
14
...
...
...
2
2
9
1
...
...
Syphilis
14
12
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
Privation (including want
of breast milk)
11
7
...
1
...
1
...
2
...
1
Alcoholism
7
...
...
...
...
2
4
1
...
1
Worms, Thrush, &c.,
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dropsy
88
...
2
1
...
3
12
20
7
17
Cancer
42
...
...
...
1
3
21
17
4
3
Mortification
11
3
...
...
...
...
1
7
2
...
Sorofula, Tabes Mesenterica
& Hydrocephalus
201
75
99
6
8
5
6
2
3
4
Phthisis
351
6
22
7
46
156
100
14
18
36
Phlebitis
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
Convulsions
124
86
36
1
1
...
...
...
3
1
Hemorrhage
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Apoplexy
69
1
...
1
1
4
28
34
11
12
Brain Disease
180
16
28
7
2
17
37
73
41
7
Heart Disease
127
2
2
4
5
17
42
55
7
14
Laryngitis
61
9
43
5
2
...
1
1
...
...
Bronchitis
332
57
55
8
2
14
53
143
41
7
Pneumonia
207
81
92
6
1
6
13
8
3
1
Lung Diseases
79
2
7
2
3
5
31
29
1
3
Stomach Diseases
55
9
3
3
2
11
14
13
3
5
Liver Diseases
42
4
1
...
...
6
16
15
2
4
Bright's Disease
16
...
...
...
...
1
10
4
1
...
Kidney & Bladder Diseases
12
...
...
...
...
2
3
7
1
3
Ovarian Disease
5
...
...
...
...
1
3
1
...
3
Uterine Disease
5
...
...
...
...
4
1
...
...
...
Skin Disease
5
2
...
...
...
1
...
2
1
...
Premature Birth
68
68
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Malformations
11
9
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
Teething
11
4
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Childbirth
9
...
...
...
...
8
...
...
...
1
Old Age
130
...
...
...
...
...
...
130
14
21
Atrophy, Debility
151
118
14
1
...
3
5
10
13
1
Violence
72
36
15
4
...
5
2
6
1
2
Poison
3
1
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
Drowning
10
1
...
1
...
6
...
2
...
...
Not Specified
9
8
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
Totals
3177
820
750
109
101
323
440
634
204
164