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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: Table II.—London and Shoreditch Birth and Death Rates, and Analysis of Mortalityof the year 1891.

Table II.—London and Shoreditch Birth and Death Rates, and Analysis of Mortality

of the year 1891.

Districts.Annual Rate per 1000 persons living.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births.percentage to total deaths.Districts.
births 1891.total deaths.deaths fromInquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.Uncertified Causes of Death.
Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small.Pox.| Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Tubercular DiseasesViolence.
1888.1889.1890.1891.
London31.819.318.3221.5521.42.30.000.430.140.320.680.140.592.80.771547.425.61.0London.
Shoreditch36.7622.019.825.424.83.9...1.000.130.520.990.160.93.360.761757.922.90.2Shoreditch.
West Districts.27.0.........19.51.83...0.160.080.270.540.130.65......154.........
North Districts30.1.........20.02.23...0.400.140.350.660.120.56......146.........Groups of
CentralRegistration
Districts30.1.........27.63.04...1.110160.320.700.210.54......177.........Districts of
East Districts.38.1.... ....23.92.800.000.570.150.440.790.150.70......161.........London.
South District32.7.........20.22.150.000.390.150.260.710.130.51.....149.........

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In this Table 0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005.