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Shoreditch 1862

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

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TABLE Io

Shewing the Causes of Death, at different ages, during the year 1862o

Deaths of Persons of the AgesoDeaths at all ages in Shoreditch WorkhouseInSto Luke's Workhouseo
All AgesoUnder one YearoUnder Five Years5 & under 1010 to 2020 to 3040 to 60Above 60
Small-Pox7...31...21.........
Measles199381538............5...
Scarlatina1628994311......1......
Whooping Cough14756882o o...1...3...
Fever20632513173065532181
Erysipelas2475......52516
Puerperal Fever6.........141........
Influenza...............oo............
Dysentery1...............1...
Diarrhœa905026...1310...1
Cholera..............................
Diphtheria2521553...............
Rheumatism161......155421
Syphilis95.........13...11
Privation, including want of breast milk32............1.........
Alcoholism4............3...1......
Worms, Thrush, &co..............................
Dropsy42222151218413
Cancer39...1...7171426
Mortification1631...111091
Scrofula, Tabes Mesente-rica & Hydrocephalus15961708765256
Phthisis3761471038165104282230
Insanity..............................
Convulsions14497461............43
Apoplexy8816......1231381410
Brain Disease176192866153666314
Heart Disease98...12418353868
Laryngitis597456......1.........
Bronchitis30163625313451132815
Pneumonia23468113641891642
Lung Diseases8354117323355
Stomach Diseases5171...49201073
Liver Diseases372...14151584
Bright's Disease15...1......2102......
Kidney& Bladder Diseases12............23714
ovarian Disease1............1...
Uterine Disease7............3222...
Joint Disease..............................
Skin Disease43.........1...1...
Premature Birth55487...............11
Malformations14121...1oo.........
Teethings615...............
Childbirth10............91......
old Age121.........1120318
Atrophy, Debility146119211......3272
Violence592692151061...
Poison1...............1.........
Drowning7...2...4...1......
Not Specified24141...1152......
Totals3287741851122106356493618204225