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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 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE VII.

TABLE VII.

SITUATION OF DISEASE.AGES.Total.
25 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6060 to 7070 to 8585 and upwards
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
Cancer: —
Region not stated........................11............11
Tongue.....................1..................11
Jaw........................1...............1...
Neck.....................1.........1......11
Œsophagus......1........................1......11
Stomach......1...21...1...2...1......35
Trachea & Lung ..........1.................................1
Lung.....................1.....................1
Abdomen............1......1..................11
Liver....... . .l2113...31.........48
Intestines...........................1...............1
Rectum...11l1......112............35
Breast...............3.........2...1.........6
Uterus.........3...5.........1...1.........10
Ovary.........1.................................1
Scirrhus:—
Breast.................................1.........1
Bladder...............1...........................1
Epithelioma:—
Penis1.......................................1...
Total11376113831216......1745

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From the above it will be observed that the majority of deaths from cancer
occurred during the period of life between the ages of 35 and 70 years.
The numbers and distribution of deaths of parishioners and non-parishioners
in the public institutions within the parish, were as set forth in

Table: TABLE VIII.

TABLE VIII.

Institution.Residents.Non-residents.Total.
Holborn Infirmary2265267
Shoreditch Workhouse3719380
Hoxton House Asylum35760
North Eastern Hospital1488102
Convent Hospital—44
Total390423813