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600 deaths occurred in public institutions in the Parish, viz.:—
249 in Shoreditch Infirmary, 267 in Holborn Infirmary (situate in
Hoxton New Town), 64 in the North Eastern Hospital, and 20 in
Hoxton House.
Diseases acknowledged to be induced by cold and damp were
very destructive. There were 395 deaths from bronchitis, 290
from phthisis, and 187 from pneumonia, making a total of 872
deaths. During the previous year there were a total of 840 deaths
registered under the above headings.
1,413 deaths occurred under one year of age—against 922 in
the previous year. The deaths under five years of age havo
decreased—being 2,399 against 2,582 in the previous year. 830
deaths occurred of persons 65 years of age and upwards, viz.:—
537 from 65 to 75; 249 from 75 to 85; 42 from 85 to 95; and
2 deaths were registered at 99 and at 100 years.
In the previous year 436 persons died between 65 and 75 years
of age; 180 from 75 to 85; 37 from 85 to 95; and 6 over 95
years of ago.
In infancy (from 1 to 5 years of age) the largest number of
deaths were caused by lung disease (254), comprising 149 from
bronchitis and 105 from pneumonia. The disease which came
next in order of fatality were atrophy and debility, 141 deaths;
convulsions, 108; whooping cough, 56; premature birth, 141;
and diarrhoea, 104.
From the age of 55 and upwards 250 deaths were caused by
bronchitis; 79 by heart disease; and 85 by paralysis; 236 were
registered under the term of "old age."
ZYMOTIC DISEASES caused 370 deaths, viz.:—57 by
whooping cough; 120 by diarrhœa; 104 by scarlet fever; 60 by
measles; 15 by diptheria; and 14 by other zymotic diseases. 13 of
the 57 deaths from whooping cough occurred in infants under one
year of age. The influence of age is manifest,—40 of the 57 deaths
from whooping cough were in infants under two years of age, and
101 of the 120 deaths from diarrhoea occurred in infants under two
years of age. There were only three deaths from small-pox.