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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 AgesDeaths at all ages in Shoreditch WorkhouseIn St. LukeWorkhouse.
All AgesUnder 1 yearUnder 5 years5 & under 1010 to 2020 to 4040 to 60Above 60
Small Pox832111
Measles157251284.........2
Scarlatina2361215160148...1
Whooping Cough125348281...<*
Fever1404121714393794638
Erysipelas24.5...1195105
Puerperal Fever12............111.........
influenza..............................
Dysentery..............................
Diarrheea1327941......3...823
Cholera5219...............
Diphtheria173941.........
Rheumatism28939,9,39742
Syphilis12109,..................
Privation, including want of)76............1......4
breast milk8............53...11
Alcoholism..............................
Worms, Thrush, &c49299141916715
Dropsy52............5259957
Cancer12...9.........g74.1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesenterica and Hydrocephalus187868184431...4
Phthisis4502390IG57190122222351
insanity..............................
Convulsions1511034511......13
Apolplexy682......26309896
Brain Disease2222694659044974617
Heart Disease121...25798334649
Laringytis751056691......
Bronchitis40765593493881653211
Pnenmonia3031081396216941873
Lung Diseases9911101199fi41511
Stomach Diseases4765221081424
Liver Diseases353...1fi131914
Bright's Disease17......311341
Kidney & Bladder Diseases2213...237641
overian Disease10...1...153......1
Uterine Diseases6............33.........
Joint Disease1...............1......
Skin Disease1..................11...
Premature Birth5757..................2
Malformations633..................1
Teething844....................
Childbirth13............19............
old Age153..................153927
Atrophy, Debility13210213...11693...
Violence6329102...688...3
poison5......i...191......
Drowning11......199142......
not specified16111...1...91......
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Totals3710837901160125424539724182245