Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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TABLE V.—ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF LONDON AND SHOREDITCH BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE THIRTEEN WEEKS ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1892 (FOURTH QUARTER).
Districts. | Estimated population middle of 1892. | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births. | PERCENTAGE TO TOTAL DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||||
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Births | TOTAL DEATHS DURING QUARTER OF | DEATHS FROM | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||
Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet 1 Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Tubercular Diseases. | Violence. | |||||||||||
1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | |||||||||||||||||
London | 4,263,291 | 29.7 | 18.7 | 22.5 | 20.5 | 18.5 | 1.89 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.60 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.24 | ... | 0.73 | 140 | 9.0 | 27.2 | 0.90 |
Shoreditch | 122,463 | 35.4 | 21.53 | 27.2 | 26.71 | 20.2 | 1.86 | - | 0.22 | 0.32 | 0.58 | 006 | 0 19 | 0 44 | 3.00 | 0.88 | 162 | 10.0 | ... | - |
Sub-Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch South | 19,720 | 23.7 | ... | ... | ... | 19.04 | 0.60 | — | — | - | 0.60 | — | — | — | 3.04 | 0.20 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Hoxton New Town | 28,410 | 35.1 | ... | ... | ... | 19.43 | 1.54 | — | 0.28 | 0.42 | — | 0.28 | 0.42 | 0.14 | 2.53 | 0.70 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Hoxton Old Town | 28,803 | 32.3 | ... | .. | ... | 19.86 | 2.10 | — | 0.28 | — | 1.26 | — | - | 0.56 | 3.19 | 0.98 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Haggerston | 45,530 | *36.8 | ... | ... | ... | 21.34 | 2.50 | - | 0.26 | 0.63 | 0.54 | — | 0.26 | 0.81 | 3.24 | 0.45 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
*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 express! thus:—