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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Shoreditch 1891

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

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Table: DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR ENDING2nd JANUARY, 1892.DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.

DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR ENDING

2nd JANUARY, 1892.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FROM ALL CAUSES.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total Deaths under Five.Grand Total.Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
Under 1.1 to 2.2 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 to 95.95 and upwards.
Order 2—Dietic.;
Privation.....................1..................11.........1
Want of Breast Milk3....................................33.........33
Purpura and Scurvy.........1..............................1...1......1
Alcoholisma. Del. Tremens...............121..................4...1...34
b. Intemperance...............45613............19443819
III.—LOCAL DISEASES. Order 1—Nervous System.
Apoplexy1......112513172562...1731422181973
Paralysis......1......223397......1272751327
Insanity......... ....12485134...1...3867121338
Epilepsy...11...1164121......218364518
Convulsions6074...2...............1......71741124132674
Brain Disease, &c.102161163778101......28811020222981
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.
Aneurism................ . .42..................611316
Heart Disease, &c....11147162328413091...217132334363171
Order 3—Respiratory Organs.
Laryngitis12311. . .1..................691...449
Bronchitis126662487516367885263...21648062112122184480
Pleurisy1...11112221.........212233412
Pneumonia4741307714223325156......118247334260112247
Asthma..................12212.........8332...8
Lung Disease, &c.11...1......1232....... . .211315211