Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING 25th MARCH, 1889.
Gentlemen,
During the past year 4,615 births—2,356 males and
2,259 females—and 2,287 deaths, were registered in this Parish.
Deducting 460 deaths of non-residents, which occurred in the
Public Institutions situated in this Parish, the death rate was
18.06 per 1,000 living—that is, 3.11 per 1,000 below the average
of the last five years.
Of the deaths in the Public Institutions—
Residents. Non-Residents.
There were in Shoreditch Infirmary 290 4
Hoxton House 6 58
North Eastern Hospital 25 87
Holborn Infirmary — 302
Convent Hospital — 9
321 460