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Shoreditch 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE III.—ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTHS AND
DEATHS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1892,
| Districts. | Estimated population middle of 1892. | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births. | percentage to total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| births | total deaths during | deaths from | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||
| Principal Zyruotic Diseases. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Tubercular Diseases | Violence. | |||||||||||
| 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | |||||||||||||||||
| London | 4,263,294 | 30.9 | 18.3 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 20.6 | 2.82 | 0.01 | 0.80 | 0.28 | 0.44 | 0.58 | 0.11 | 00.60 | .. | 0.76 | 154 | 7.6 | 25.7 | 0.92 |
| Shoreditch | 122,463 | 35.7 | 19.85 | 25.4 | 24.8 | 23.09 | 3.22 | 0.03 | 0.82 | 0.27 | 0.40 | 0.85 | 0.10 | 0.75 | 3.05 | 0.91 | 169 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 0.10 |
| Shoreditch South | 19,720 | 27.4 | ... | .. | 22.4 | 21.45 | 2.51 | 0.15 | 0.70 | 0.10 | 0.50 | 0.76 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 3.7 | 0.4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Hoxton New Town | 28,410 | 34.5 | ... | ... | 24.4 | 22.35 | 3.09 | - | 0.94 | 0.21 | 0.28 | 0.87 | 0.10 | 0.69 | 3.5 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Hoxton Old Town | 28,803 | 35.3. | ... | • • | 261 | 22.77 | 2.59 | 0.03 | 0.66 | 0.22 | 0.44 | 0.48 | 0.07 | 0.69 | 3.12 | 0-9 | ... | |||
| Haggerston | 45,530 | *39.4 | ...... | ... | 25.2 | 24.02 | 3.95 | - | 0.87 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 1.08 | 014 | 1.00 | 2.8 | 0.7. | ... | ... | ... | ... |
*Includes Births in Shoreditch Infirmary.
Note.—Where the deaths under any heading are too few to express as a rate per 1000 within two places of decimals, 0 00 is inserted ;
where no deaths have occurred, it is expressed thus: — .