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Shoreditch 1880

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

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VESTRY OF ' HE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH.

TABLE OF DEATHS.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Grand Total.HolywellSt. LeonardHoxton New TownHoxton Old TownHaggerston WestTotal.CAUSES OK DEATH.AGES.Grand TotalHolywellSt. LeonardHoxton New TownHoxton Old TownHaggerston WestTotal
Under 11 to 22 to 55 to1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6575 to 8585 to 9595 and upwardsUnder 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 '5-65 to 7575 to 8585 to 95upwards
(Classes.)Brought foeward6852651157711132569321157414121581212465754138032158
I.-ZYMOTIC DISEASES.III.—LOCAL DISEASES—continued.
II.—CONSTITUTIONAL.
III.—LOCAL.
IV,—DEVELOPMENTAL.Order 4.—Digestive Organs.……………………………………………………
V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.Gastritis11141……1………1…201624720
(Not Specified.)Enteritis1333632111111243265824
I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.Peritonitis……1………1…21………5…1……15
Ascites………1…11……1………4…………3…
OrderI.—miasmatic.Ulceration of Intestine……………………11………………1…12
Small Pox44185111……………2523412425Ilcus…………………………………………1……1
Measles…13…2………………………2512143525Intussusception……………………………………………………
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)…91815……………………………106102149Stricture of-Intestines………………………………… 5………………
Diphtheria……3…………………………6…12……6Fistula………………………………7…11237
Quinsy…………………………………1………1…1Stomach Disease, &c1…………………3……………………………
Croup……6…………………………21……6…8…Pancreas Disease, &c…………………………………1………2……
Whooping Cough………1………………………54………………Hepatitis…………………………………5……………5
Typhus……………………………………………………Jaundice2…………………32………………3838
Enteric or Typhoid Fever……………3………………………………6…Liver Disease, &c4……121814951………………………
Simple Continued Fever……………3…………………2……2……2Spleen Disease, &c……………………………………………………
Erysipelas…1………………………………2…………12Order 5.—Urinary Organs.
Puerperal……………42………………………………8
Carbuncle………………1……………………1……12Nephritis1…311……3……………9………………
Influenza……………………………………………………Ischuria…………………1……………2…1112…
Dysentery……………………………………………………Brights Disease (Nephria)……………11…1…………4………………
Diarrhœa…29211………………………1135434171201Diabetes………2………………………5…………11
Simple Cholera…………………………………………1…23Calculus (Stone)……………………………………………………
Ague……………………………………………………Crystitis…………………………………611…136
Rheumatism Fever……………………………………………………Kidney Disease, &c.…………1…2…21…………………………
Rheumatism…………………20…531020Order 6.—organsofgeneration.
Other Zymotic Diseases……………………………………………………
Order 2.—Enthetic.………………………………………Ovarian Dropsy……………………………………611216
Uterus Disease, &c………………2…2……………………………
Syphilis……………………………………………………Order 7.—organsofLocomation.……………………………………………………
Stricture of Urethra……………………………………………………
Hydrophobia……………………………………………………Synovitis (Arithritis)……………………………………10121510
Glanders……………………………………………………Joint Disease, &c……3……………………………………………
Order 3.—dletic.Order 8.—Integumentarysystem.
Privation……………………………………………………Phlegmon……………………………………………………
Want of Breast Milk…………………………………………1…23Ulcer………………………………111141111
Purpura and Scurvy……………………………………………………Skin Disease, &c…………………4231………………………
Alcoholisma Del. Tremens……………………………………………………iv.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
b Intemperance……………
Order 4.—parasitic.Order 1.—diseasesofchildren.……………………………………615191322…
Thrush… …… …… …… …… …… …… ……………………………………Premature Birth75………………………………1…1………1
Worms, &c…… …… …… …………………………………………Cyanosis……………………………………………………
11.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.Other Malformations205……………………………259313925
Order I.,- Diathetic……………………………………………………Order 2.—diseasesofadults.……………………………………………………
Gout………………2……………………13…15
Dropsy……………12…………………………………Paramenia……………………………………………………
Cancer……………18……1………l6………………Child-birth(see Pureperal Fever)……………………………………………………
Cancrum Oris (Noma)…………………78…………25………………Order 3.—Diseasesof Old Pepple.……………………15671132424181921120210120242
Mortification……………………………………………………
Absesses and Tumours21……213…………………11…1414Old Age
Order 2.-Tubercular………………………………………………Order 4.—Diseasesof Nutrition.
Scoful1……………………………11…………1Atrophy and Debility1012…1…………………………310171757104
Tabes Mesenterica5116……………………………713924112471V.—VIOLENT DEATHS, he.
Phahisis1578…66……3819…………29318296958119293
Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis46251642……………………936816323193Order I.-Accident of Nergligence.
III.—LOCAL DISEASES.……………………………………………Fractures and Contusions1…1……1……4…2……91…2223
Wounds………………………………………1326
Order I.- Nervous SystemBurns and Scalds121……………1…1………………………
Cephalities117……………………………18…2102418Poison……………………………………………………
Apoplexy1………………87……………5410312…Drowing……………………………………………8939
Paralysis…………1128232013……68……354…68Suffocation372…………………………………………11
Insanity……………………………………………………Otherwise……………………………………………………
Chorea……………………………………………………Order 2.—Homicide.……………………………………………………
Epilepsy……………11642………11……6………
Convulsions94………………3………………………2037311Murder and Manslaughter2……………1………………21…1………
Brain Dissease, &c.1075359107174………7731523152177Order 3.—suicide.. 124
Order 2.—Organsof Circulation.Wounds: Gunshot, Cut, Stab……………………………………………1…1
Pericarditis……………1……1…………2……11…2Poison…………………………………6…………66
Aneurism……………………………………………………Drowning…………3………1…………6……1116
Heart Disease, &c2327915203732s6148212402272148Hanging………………2…2……………………………
Order 3.—respiratoryorgans.Otherwise……………………………………………………
Laryngitis……21……………………………12137Order 4.—Execution.……………………………………………………
Bronchitis94…7……2……7676………………………359Hanging……………………………………………………
Pleurisy……………………………………………………Violent Deaths (not classed)……………………………………………………
Pneumonia5431145412192313…………1821614323882182Sudden Deaths (cause unascertained)……………………………………………………
Asthma2………11………………7111317Causes not specified or ill-defined……………………………………………………
Lung Disease, &c.922897…5353122…1571620333052157
Carried forward5852651157711137156193224157414121581212465754138032158Total94428113392130139182226279243163457286416432875351711022864