[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch].

  • Shoreditch (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1916]
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    58 59 causes of death ages. DEATHS IN EACH WARD. sex. Total. Under 1. i 1 to 5. 5 to 10. 10 to 15. 15 to 20. 20 to 25. 25 to 35. 35 to 45. 45 to 55. 55 to 65. 65 to 75. 75 to 85 85 and upwards. Moorfields. Church. Hoxton. Wenlock. Whitraore. Kingsland. Haggerston. Acton. Male. Female. 184 Ulcer, bedsore ... 135 Eczema ... i 1 i i 136 Pemphigus ... ... 137 Other and ill-defined, diseases of integumentary system ... ... 1 1 1 1 By Accident or Negligence. 138 In mines and quarries... 139 In vehicular traffic 2 4 2 3 I 3 2 1 5 5 3 2 2 1 14 7 2.1 140 On railways ... ... 141 On vessels and docks, exclud ing drowning. 142 In building operations... 143 By machinery ... ... ... i 1 1 1 144 By weapons and implements ... i 1 1 1 145 Burns and scalds 6 3 ... ... 2 3 i i 9 3 1 3 8 11 146 Poisons, poisonous vapours ... 1 1 2 1 1 2 147 Surgical narcosis ... i i 1 1 148 Effects of electric shock ... 149 Corrosion by chemicals ... 150 Drowning 2 2 2 1 l 3 1 4 151 Suffocation, overlaid in bed ... 10 2 2 5 1 4 6 10 152 Suffocation otherwise ... 3 .. fi i 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 5 153 Falls, not specified 1 3 1 i 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 10 3 1 19 11 30 154 Weather agencies 155 Otherwise, and not stated ... 2 ... i i i 1 ] 4 i 5 i 6 156 Homicide ... 1 1 l ... 1 ... 1 ... ••• 2 ... 1 ... 2 2 ! 4 Suicides, all forms. 157 By poison ... ... ... 1 1 ... 1 1 158 By asphyxia ... ... ... ... 159 By hanging and strangulation 1 i ... 2 2 160 By drowning ... 1 i 1 1 161 By shooting ... i i ... 1 1 162 By cut or stab ... i 1 1 1. ... 2 2 163 By precipitation from elevated places ... 164 Bv crushing ... ... 165 By other and unspecified methods ... ... 166 Execution ... ... ... ... 167 Sudden death ... 168 Other ill-defined and not speci fied causes 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 6 169 Malignant disease l 1 l 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 3 7 3 10 170 Abscess ... i ... 1 1 1 ... 2 1 1 ... ... 2 2 4 171 Cerebro Spinal Fever ... 10 7 4 1 1 1 7 3 3 2 4 3 19 4 23 Total 447 293 62 30 41 42 106 157 228 229 246 162 28 64 357 331 304 413 217 205 180 1081 990 2071