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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 3—Diseases of Old People.
Old Age........................33055181...10713272047107
Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Atrophy and Debility11063..................1.........11912014402937120
V.—VIOLENT DEATHS, &c.
Order 1—Accident or Negligence
Fractures and Contusions3234122...321......823368623
Wounds.........112......11............6213...6
Burns and Scalds...241............21.........610234110
Poison........................1...............1.........11
Drowning...11111......1............26...2136
Suffocation30...1..................1.........31327291432
Otherwise4..................1...............4511125
Order 2—Homicide.
Murder and Manslaughter1............1.....................12......112
Order 3—Suicide.
Poison.....................1..................1.........11
Drowning............1211...1............6......246
Hanging...........................2............2l1......2
Causes ill-defined11.................................22...2......2
Total8023192641361061692302622843021392721385304244769475211493042