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Shoreditch 1864

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

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TABLE I.
Showing the Deaths from all causes, at different ages during the year 1864
Deaths of Persons of the Ages
Deaths at all ages
in Shoreditch
Workhouse
In St. Luke
Workhouse.
All Ages
Under 1 year
Under 5 years
5 & under 10
10 to 20
20 to 40
40 to 60
Above 60
Small Pox
8
3
2
1
1
1
Measles
157
25
128
4
• . .
. • •
• • •
2
Scarlatina
236
12
151
60
14
8
• • •
1
Whooping Cough
125
34
82
8
1
• . .
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Fever
140
4
12
17
14
39
37
94
6
38
Erysipelas
24.
5
...
1
1
9
5
10
5
Puerperal Fever
12
...
...
...
...
11
1
...
...
...
influenza
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dysentery
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diarrheea
132
79
41
...
...
3
...
8
2
3
Cholera
5
2
1
9
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria
17
3
9
4
1
...
...
• • •
Rheumatism
28
9
3
9,
9,
3
9
7
4
2
Syphilis
12
10
9,
...
...
...
...
...
...
Privation, including want of)
7
6
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
4
breast milk
8
...
...
...
...
5
3
...
1
1
Alcoholism
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Worms, Thrush, &c
49
2
9
9
1
4
19
16
7
15
Dropsy
52
...
...
...
...
5
25
99
5
7
Cancer
12
...
9
...
...
...
g
7
4.
1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesenterica
and Hydrocephalus
187
86
81
8
4
4
3
1
...
4
Phthisis
450
23
90
IG
57
190
122
22
23
51
insanity
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Convulsions
151
103
45
1
1
...
...
1
3
Apolplexy
68
2
...
...
2
6
30
98
9
6
Brain Disease
222
26
94
6
5
90
44
97
46
17
Heart Disease
121
...
2
5
7
98
33
46
4
9
Laringytis
75
10
56
6
9
1
...
...
Bronchitis
407
65
59
3
4
93
88
165
32
11
Pnenmonia
303
108
139
6
2
16
94
18
7
3
Lung Diseases
99
11
10
1
1
9
9fi
41
5
11
Stomach Diseases
47
6
5
2
2
10
8
14
2
4
Liver Diseases
35
3
...
1
fi
13
19
1
4
Bright's Disease
17
...
...
3
11
3
4
1
Kidney & Bladder Diseases
22
1
3
...
2
3
7
6
4
1
overian Disease
10
...
1
...
1
5
3
...
...
1
Uterine Diseases
6
...
...
...
...
3
3
...
...
...
Joint Disease
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
Skin Disease
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
Premature Birth
57
57
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Malformations
6
3
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Teething
8
4
4
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
Childbirth
13
...
...
...
...
19
...
...
...
...
old Age
153
...
...
...
...
...
...
153
9
27
Atrophy, Debility
132
102
13
...
1
1
6
9
3
...
Violence
63
29
10
2
...
6
8
8
...
3
poison
5
...
...
i
...
1
9
1
...
...
Drowning
11
...
...
1
9
91
4
2
...
...
not specified
16
11
1
...
1
...
9
1
...
...
...
...
Totals
3710
837
901
160
125
424
539
724
182
245