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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 1861
[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 1861, and the First Quarter of 1862.
| 1861 | 1862 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | fourth Quarter | First Quarter | |
| Small-Pox | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Measles | 27 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Scarlatina | 20 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 34 |
| Whooping-Cough | 90 | 53 | 31 | 50 | 71 |
| Fever | 18 | 20 | 25 | 47 | 64 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Diarrhœa | 6 | 10 | 112 | 21 | 4 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 |
| Rheumatism | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Syphilis | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Privation, including want of breast milk | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Alcoholism | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... |
| Worms, Thrush, &c. | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
| Dropsy | 14 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cancer | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
| Mortification | 4 | 5 | 2 | ... | 4 |
| Scrofula, Tabes Mesenterica and Hydrocephalus | 69 | 47 | 51 | 44 | 37 |
| Phthisis | 96 | 88 | 74 | 93 | 99 |
| Phlebitis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Insanity | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Convulsions | 47 | 23 | 31 | 23 | 51 |
| Hemorrhage | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Apoplexy | 13 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 5 |
| Brain Disease | 64 | 47 | 29 | 40 | 50 |
| Heart Disease | 46 | 30 | 22 | 29 | 26 |
| Laryngitis | 14 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 13 |
| Bronchitis | 139 | 68 | 40 | 85 | 129 |
| Pneumonia | 77 | 51 | 26 | 53 | 61 |
| Lung Diseases | 43 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 27 |
| Stomach Diseases | 12 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 11 |
| Liver Diseases | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 7 |
| Bright's Disease | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Kidney & Bladder Disease | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Ovarian Disease | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... |
| Uterine Disease | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Joint Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Skin Disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 17 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 10 |
| Malformations | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Teething | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Childbirth | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Old Age | 49 | 31 | 20 | 30 | 32 |
| Atrophy, Debility | 35 | 41 | 50 | 25 | 35 |
| Violence | 29 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 21 |
| Poison | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Drowning | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Not Specified | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | 8 |
| Totals | 995 | 723 | 701 | 758 | 884 |
| 3177 | |||||
* Hoxton House Lunatic Asylum contained 74 male and 133 female inmates.
† St. Luke's Workhouse contained 290 male and 404 female inmates.
‡ Shoreditch Workhouse contained 304 male and 433 female inmates.