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Shoreditch 1885

[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.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total Deaths under Five.Total.HolywellSt. LeonardHoxton New TownHoxton Old TownHaggerstonTotal.CAUSES OF DEATHSAGES.Total Deaths under Five.Total.HolywellSt. LeonardHoxton New TownHoxton Old TownIlaggerston
Under 11 to 22 to 65 to 1616 to 2625 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7576 to 8585 to 9595 and upwardsUnder 11 to 22 to 63 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5556 to 6565 to 7675 to 8585 to 9595 and upwardsTotal.
(Classes).Brought forward62831317954659913919?264190585218713821139840510342187
I.-ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
II.—CONSTITUTIONAL.III.—LOCAL DISEASES—continued.
III.—LOCAL.
TV.—DEVELOPMENTAL.
V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.Gastritis..........1131..........62211..6
(Not spccified).Enteritis10113....11..2......1219..3141119
Peritonitis....1111332..1....113..321713
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.Ascites............1........................22
Ulceration of Intestines..................1........1........11
Order 1.—Miasmatic.Hernia..............111........4....1..34
Small Pox2..1....................33..1..2..3Ileus..........................................
Measles2633212..................808261319103482Intussusception............................1....1....1
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)513249..................4251558102351Stricture of Intestines............1......1......3....1..23
Diphtheria2262..1..1..........10141122814Fistula..........................................
Quinsy..........................................Stomach Disease, &c.......1....2232......3141123714
Croup3814......................25111121026Pancreas Disease, &c.................1..........2......112
Whooping Cough736826....................1671671414283575167Hepatitis..............2722......131114713
Typhus..........................................Jaundice1..................................2..2
Enteric or Typhoid Fever....1....232..........111..3..1711Liver Disease, &c.1....1....3......1......3443581434
Simple Continued Fever..........................................Spleen Disease..................................1113
Erysipelas1..1......12111....28......268Order 5.—Urinary Organs...........................................
Puerperal Fever (Metria)........152..............8..12238
Carbuucle................11........2........22Nephritis22..1..12....?,1....4111..14611
Influenza..........................................Ischuria..........................................
Dysentry1........................11........11Brights Disease (Nephria)......1..153..5........201245820
Diarrhœa73..2......1..334......97..928163797Diabetes............................1........11
Simple Cholera..................1........1........11Calculus (Stone)............................................
Ague..........................................Crystitis..........................................
Remittent Fever..........................................Kidney Disease......2..1..1............41..1..24
Rheumatism....1..131213......112......2512Order 6. Organs of Generation.
Other Zymotic Diseases..........................................Ovarian Dropsy..................11......2........22
Order 2.—Enthetic.Uterus Disease, &c...................11......2........22
Syphillis1........................11........11
Stricture of Uretha..........................................Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion.
Hydrophobia....12..................13..11..13Synovitis (Arithritis)..........................................
Glanders..........................................Joint Disease, &c.34112122....1....817....5......
Order 3.—Dietic.Order 8.—Integumertary System.
Privation..........................................Phlegmon..........................................
Want of Breast Milk..........................................Ulcer2............1..21....26........56
Purpura and Scurvy..........................................Skin Disease, &c.12....21112111..313i41713
Alcholisma. Del. Tremens..........11..............2....1..12IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
b. Intemperance..............212........51....225
Order 4.-Parastic..........................................Order 1.—Diseases of Children.
Thrush1........................l1........11Premature Birth85..85853926163186
Worms, &c...........................................Cyanosis....• •
..........................................Spina Bifida....
II.-CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.........................................Other Malformations......
Order 1.-Diathetic.Teething2117240•io35
Gout....................?,......6........46Order 2.—Diseases of Adults.
Dropsy............1............................Paramenia....• •
Cancer........1..61112102......4232262942Child-birth (See Puerperal Fever)....• •
Cancrum Oris (Noma)..........................................
Mortification..........................................Order 3—Diseases of Old People.
Abscesses and Tumours31231..123..1....6172..231017Old Age......419466122142
Order 2.—Tubercular.Order 4.—Disbases of Nutrition.
Scrofula..........................................Atrophy and Debility1341471155156
Tabes Mesenterica6216311................70721414134072
Phthisis56810346660631011....1924415254943112244V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis5728178..1............9292111613232148111
III.—LOCAL DISEASES.Order 1.—Accident or Negligence..
Fractures and Contusions11..43111
Wounds......* „
Order 1.—Nervous System.Burns and Scalds..2..12
Encephalitis22......1..............45....1..46Poison......11
Apoplexy........144313183......46453102446Drowning....i"'I•g
Paralysis1..1....2239971..23522412635Suffocation20..2112
Insanity..........................................Otherwise......
Chorea..........................................Order 2.Homecide.
Epilepsy........1..1311........11147
Convulsions75196..1......1........100102717252033102Murder and Manslaughter......
Brain Disease, &c,..2232351125142....4692111363669Order 3.—Suicide.
Order 2. Organs of Circulation.
PericarditisWounds: Gunshot, Cut, Stab......112112
Aneurism..2....1......1........24......134Poison......22
Heart Disease, &c...........1....1..........2....2..1Drowning......••1113
22..36515276134102..4157912273079157Hanging......
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.Otherwise......
Larnyngitis2421........1........810....21710Order 4.—Execution.
Bronchitis95441813413317274222115738029387178164380Hanging......1
Pneumonia........1..2132........9....35Violent Deaths (not classed)......
Asthma513517274122425101....1031881313263898380Sudden Deaths (cause unascertained)......
Lung Disease1..11......36........2122121612Causes not specified or ill defined......
94184333891621....116161816353072161
Carried forward62831317954659913919226419058511110218713821139840510342187Total91035819472741151632313152741202911499285618027761954813322856