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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER.
To the Vestry of St. Leonard, Shoreditch.
Gentlemen,
I have the honor to submit, for your consideration,
the Reports of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors
for the year ending March, 1877.
In the twelve months named, 5317 births—2682 males and 2635
females—were registered; and 2710 deaths. The death rate was
21.3 per 1000 living; whereas the average rate in the previous ten
years was 24'3 per 1000 living. Excluding the deaths which occurred
in Saint Luke's Workhouse, the death rate for this year averaged
only 19-9 per 1000.
It is instructive to notice the ages at which death occurred.
761 deaths, that is 28 per cent, occurred under one year of age; 1224
deaths, 45 per cent., occurred under five years of age. Similar
high mortality in childhood is common to large towns, nevertheless it
shows the conditions of the Parish are very destructive to young life.
From 15 to 25, as is the rule, the mortality was comparatively low.
Alter the age of 25, the number of deaths progressively increased