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Shoreditch 1892

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

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Table: TABLE I.DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, ANDIN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.Note. The Deaths of Non-Parishioners occurring in Hospitals, &c., in the Parish, are excluded; and the Deaths of Parishioners occurring in Hospitals, &c., situated in London beyond the limits of the Parish, are included.

TABLE I.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND

IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.

Note. The Deaths of Non-Parishioners occurring in Hospitals, &c., in the Parish, are excluded; and the Deaths of Parishioners occurring in Hospitals, &c., situated in London beyond the limits of the Parish, are included.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1892.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total Deaths under Five.Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
Under 11 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to GO.60 to 70.70 to 85.85 and upwards.
I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
(1) Miasmatic.
Small Pox -Vaccinated...................................................
Unvaceinated...21...1..................23...1...4
Measles15778........................9214271940100
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)...211012..................212669034
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)53671......1............41108129,050
Influenza13...11843871459131037
Whooping Cough326831.....................10015251450104
Typhus...................................................
Enteric or Typhoid Fever...2612.........1......2132612
Simple Continued Fever.........1.................................11
(2) Diarrhœal Diseases.-
Diarrhoea and Dysentery63191.........1933...82520204792
Simple Cholera (Choleraic Diarrhoea)...1...........................1......1...1
(3) Malarial Diseases.