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Shoreditch 1877

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

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VESTRY OF PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH.

VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH.

TABLE OF DEATHS.

DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING ??? THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 25th, 1878. (The Deaths in Public Institutions on Non-Residents being excluded.)DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING ??? THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 25th, 1878. (The Deaths in Public Institutions on Non-Residents being excluded.)DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.
CAUSES OF DEATH.AGESHolywell.St. Leonard.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerstone West.Haggerstone East.Total.CAUSES OF DEATH.ages.Holywell.St. Leonard.HoxtonNewTown.HoxtonOldTown.HaggerstoneWest.HaggerstoneEast.Total.
Under 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2515 to 3535 to 4555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwards.Under 11 to 22 to 55 to 1315 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwards.
(Classes).
I.—Zymotic Diseases.Broughtforward49531017893108152121156223157738..145245884174862932074
II.—Constitutional.III.—Local Diseases—Contd.
III.—Local.
IV.—Developmental.
V.—Violent Deaths.Order 4.—Digestive Organs.
(Not Specified.)Gastritis1......1....212......1121117
Enteritis102....312..............2327418
Peritonitis..2..21..31..2......1..134211
I.—Zymotic Diseases.Ascites......1..2..2212............5210
UlcerationofIntestines......1........................1....1
Order I.—Miasmatic.Hernia1..................................11
Small Pox254116..1........4..173520Ilcus........................................
Measles3763278................111725293023135Intussusception....1......1..............1..1....2
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)520361211............272120is1075StrictureofIntestines..............122..........41....5
Diphtheria..241....???............121138Fistula..........11..................1..1..2
Quinsy......................................Stomach Disease, &c.111........322......211..4210
Croup31095................47445327PancreasDisease, &c...........11..33........1..4218
Whooping Cough4624132................8817241612i 85Hepatitis1..1..........21..........131..5
Typhus352........................15410Jaundice1........13162......24123214
Enteric or Typhoid Fever..23682???11......13863324LiverDisease, &c.1332........33..1....1....510..16
Simple Continued Fever..1..544..11......22135518SpleenDisease, &c.........................................
Erysipelas5..1....2..11......1..224110Order 5.—Urinary Organs.
Puerperal Fever (Metria)........14..1........121..116
Carbuncle......................................Nephritis..21..............1....2..11....4
Influenza......................................Ischuria..........11..................11..2
Dysentery............???..............1......1Brights Disease (Nephria)..............3....1....12..1....4
Diarrhœa6610..1....???..31....252616211686Diabetes........................................
Simple Cholera5..2..4..???4..1....24365121Calculus (Stone)..............1..11..........21..3
Ague......................................Cystitis........................................
Remittent fever......................................Kidney Disease, &c.....1................................1
Rheumatism........13..231........716115Order 6.—Organs of Generation.
Other Zymotic Disease......................................
Order 2.—Enthetic...OvarianDropsy............2....................2..2
UterusDisease, &c.................2..1............3..3
Syphilis5......................112....15Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion.
Stricture of Urethra......................................
Hydrophobia......................................Synovitis (Arithritis)11....1............................3
Glanders......................................Joint Disease, &c.1115......3322........456318
Order 3.—Dietic...Order I.—Integumentary System.
Frivation......................................Phlegmon........................................
Want of Breast Milk4............314Ulcer......................1..........1....
Purpura and Scurvy..11....................1..1....2SkinDisease, &c.........................................
Alcoholism (a) Del. Tremens......................................IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Alcoholism (b) Intemperance......................................
Order 4.—Parasitic.Order I.-Diseases of Children.
Thrush2................................22PrematureBirth71........................53179231471
Worms, &c.......................................Cyanosis3..........................1..1..13
II.—Constitutional DiseasesrSpinaBifida1................................1..1
Other Maformations....................................1
Order I.—Diathetic.Teething1310..........................1410823
Gout......................................Order 2.—Diseases of Adults.
Dropsy..2311..346......1..3312322Paramenia........12..................111..3
Cancer........1211652....2..948427Child-birhh (see Puerperal Fever)........121..............1111..4
Cancrum Oris (Noma)..................................11Order 3,—Diseases of Old People.
Mortification......................................
Abscess and Tumours3..111..1112........3..5513Old Age..............11355463335151659285825201
Order 2.—Tubercular.iOrder 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Scrofula......2....................1..1..2AtrophyandDebility7533..........33......110357211387
TabesMesenterica58182141............69229151586
Phthisis113884582443265....19276046732262V.-Violent Deaths, &C.
HydrocephalusandTubercularMeningitis322215542............711131012180
III.- LOCAL DISEASE.FracturesandContusious..12431..1..1......4..124213
Order I.—Nervous System.Wounds............1....................1..1
BurnsandScalds212....................1..11..25
Cephalitis1131112....1........1486120Poison........................................
Apoplexy2..1....44694....2271114233Drowing1....1......................1..1..2
Paralysis........34319185......727610558Suffocation261......1..............27625628
Insanity............11..........1....1..2Otherwise........................................
Chorea......................................Order 2.—Homicide.
Epilepsy........2......31....12213..9
Convulsions918563311........1212..26....50MurderandManslaughter........................................
Brain Disease, &c.8933123582....4119116445
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.Order 3.—Suicide.
Wounds: Gunshot, Cut, Stab........................................
Periearditis......1........................1..1Poison..........111............11..1..3
Aneurism................1..................1Drowning......1....1....................2..2
Heart Disease, &c.....2671010251751..7123119261111Hanging........1....12........1..12....4
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.Otherwise........................................
Laryngitis1321................1221..1???Order 4.—Execution
Bronchitis743915667169266437..2143126799643408Hanging........................................
Pleurisy........1111........1....23..6Violent Deaths (not classfied)............1..................1....1
Pneumonia54311187691845....92025363443167SuddenDeaths (causeunascertained)1........................1..........1
Asthma23......22311......2353114
Lung Disease,& c.47166212843......1022181917995Causesnotspecifiedorill-defined1......1....................11....2
Carriedforward49531017893108152121223157738..1452454884174862932074Total7083381941101211671391902892331454251852986365116683832681