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Shoreditch 1884

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

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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH.

TABLE OF DEATHS.

DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE TEAR ENDING, 25th MARCH, 1885.DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE TEAR ENDING 25th MARCH, 1885.DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.
CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total.HolywellSt. LeonardHoxton New TownHoxton Old TownHaggerstonTotal.CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total.HolywellSt. LeonardHoxton New TownHoxton Old TownHaggerstonTotal.
Under 11 to 22 to 51 5 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7576 to 8585 to 9595 and upwardsUnder 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8685 to 9595 and upwards
(Classes).Brought forward5882461586294138134206308184314..88227529379930
I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.III. LOCAL DISEASES—continued.
II—CONSTITUTIONAL.
III.—LOCAL.Order 4. —Digestive Organs.
IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL.
V.-VIOLENT DEATHS.Gastritis..........1....2........3......13
(Not specified).Enteritis1411..........1........171243717
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.Peritonitis....11221....31....111121611
Ascites............••21........3......213
Ulceration of Intestines............1............1......1..1
Order 1.—Miasmatic.Hernia................1........1......1..1
Small Pox4..2313..............13....33713Ilcus........................................
Measles131052..................3025671030Intussusception....11..................2........22
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)517237..................52..613102352Stricture of Intestines..................2......2....2....2
Diphtheria4352..................142232514Fistula........................................
Quinsy....1....................1........11Stomach Disease, &c.3..111112361....201336820
Croup47134..................2821147428Pancreas Disease, &c.........................................
Whooping Cough5840101..................109911222245109Hepatitis..........13222......10113..510
Typhus....1....11....1......4..1..214Jaundice2..................1....3l..1..13
Enteric or Typhoid Fever..21762611........261..612726Liver Disease, &c.....1....251371......2915811329
Simple Continued Fever....1....................1....1....1Spleen Disease..................1......1......1..1
Erysipelas2111..••13212....14..331714Order 5.-Urinary Organs.
Puerperal Fever (Metria)........464............141213714Nephritis..11122..121......11....12811
Carbuncle........................................Ischuria
Influenza........................................Brights Disease (Nephria)........................................
Dysentery........................................Diabetes....21....24541....19....541019
Diarrhœa94141..21116811..1301121262943130Calculus (Stone)................11......2....2....2
Simple Cholera..................1................11Crystitis........................................
Ague........................................Kidney Disease........................................
Remittent Fever..1......................1........11..............1..21....4....1..34
Rheumatism..1..2431325......211..74921Order 6.-Organs of Generation
Other Zymotic Diseases........................................Ovarian Dropsy........................................
Order 2.—Enthetic.Uterus Disease, &c.........1..12..........4..11..24
Syphilis........................................Order 7.-Organs of Locomotion.
Stricture of Urethra........................................Synovitis (Arithritis)........................................
Hydrophobia........................................Joint Disease, &c.32221..3..2........15..214815
Glanders........................................
Order 8.—Integumerrtary System.
Order 3.-Dietic.Phlegmon..........1..............1........111
Privation........................................Ulcer21......1..1..........5....1135
Want of Breast Milk2........................2........22Skin Disease. &c.2..11......1262....15..16..815
Purpura and Scurvy........................................
Alcholisma. Del. Tremens............1..11......3......123IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
b. Intemperance....••......221........51..3..15
Order 4.—Parasitic.Order 1.-Disease of Children.
Premature Birth76........................763730152176
Thrush1........................1......1..1Cyanosis........................................
Worms, &c.........................................Spina Bifida........................................
Other Malformations........................................
II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.Teething2514......................39231042039
Order 1.—Diathetic.Order 2.-Diseases of Adults.
Gout............11..2......4....1214Paramenia........................................
Dropsy........1..3..333....13....6..713Child-birth (See Puerperal Fever)........................................
Cancer......1....1694......21..5311221
Cancrum Oris (Noma).......................................Order 3.-Diseases of Old People.
Mortification........................................Old Age................15729930..2163181111866216
Abscesses and Tumours32..l12....121....13..153413
Order 2.—Tubercular.Order 4.—Diseases of Nutrition.
Atrophy and Debility116162....................134514413945134
Scrofula................1........1........11
Tabes Mesenterica441381..................66471673266V.-VIOLENT DEATHS.
Phthisis761640756051324......2829347532132282
Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis29232244................822917134182Order 1.—Accident or Negligence.
III.-LOCAL DISEASES.Fractures and Contusions224....122..312..191..57619
Wounds........................................
Burns and Scalds221....................51....135
Order 1.—Nervous System.Poison............1............1........11
Encephalitis6321....1............13..134513Drowning......1..................1......••11
Apoplexy1..1....121110102....3844891338Suffocation34........................341496434
Paralysis........2..233538......8011342121280Otherwise........................................
Insanity........................................
Chorea........................................Order 2.-Homicide
Epilepsy........1..11..........3........33Murder and Manslaughter........................................
Convulsions741031..................883920253188
Brain Disease, &c.311..155918153....61..71523761Order 3.—Suicide.
Order 2.—Organs op Circulation.Wounds: Gunshot, Cut, Stab..................2......21......12
Poison..............2..........2....2....2
Pericarditis..............1..........1......1..1Drowning......1..311........••6....1146
Aneurism............1............1••• •1....1Hanging..................1....••1........11
Heart Disease, &c.51..71419132552113....150518242776150Otherwise........................................
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.Order 4.-Excution
Laryngitis2453....1....1..3..16....74516Hanging........................................
Bronchitis79301313510601037016....393163010572170313
Pluerisy........11..121......6....33..6Violent Deaths (not classed)........................................
Pneumonia553430681077216......196515473099196Sudden Deaths (cause unascertained..............1..........1....1....1
Asthma2........1....4........71..1..57Causes not specified or ill defined1......................1........11
Lung Disease91238113984........148812322868148Total8702851767210115315524135229113836..287011128878249711922870
Carried forward5882461586294138134206308184314..2153882275293799302153