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]
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shoreditch South. | Hoxton New Town. | Hoxton Old Town. | Haggerston. | Total. | |
I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | |||||
80 | 72 | 62 | 140 | 304 | |
2. Diarrhceal „ | 39 | 46 | 58 | 74 | 217 |
3. Malarial „ | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
4. Zoogenous „ | ... | ... | ... | ||
5. Tubercular „ | 5 1 | 68 | 81 | 142 | 342 |
6. Venereal „ | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
7. Septic „ | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | |
Total Zymotic Diseases | 124 | 193 | 209 | 365 | 891 |
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES | ... | ... | ... | ||
III.— DIETIC „ | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL„ | 20 | 19 | 17 | 37 | 93 |
V.—LOCAL DISEASES. | |||||
89 | 73 | 77 | 112 | 301 | |
2. „ Circulatory | 31 | 30 | 35 | 57 | 153 |
3. „„ Respiratory Organs | 83 | 119 | 216 | 536 | |
4. „ „ Digestive „ | 32 | 25 | 53 | 126 | |
5. „„ Urinary „ | 8 | 13 | 21 | 52 | |
6. „„ Generative System | ... | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
7. „„ Bones and Joints | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | |
8. „ „ Integumentary System | ... | ... | 2 | ||
9. „„ Organs of Special Sense | ... | 3 | 4 | ||
10. „„ Glandular Organs | 2 | ||||
Total Deaths Local Diseases | 179 | 272 | 272 | 465 | 1188 |
VI.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES | 41 | 55 | 60 | 81 | 237 |
VII.—VIOLENT DEATHS. | |||||
1. Accident or Negligence | 13 | 20 | 17 | 49 | 99 |
2. Homicide | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | |
3. Suicide | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
Total Violent Deaths | 16 | 24 | 19 | 52 | 111 |
VIII.—CAUSES ILL-DEFINED | 18 | 43 | 42 | 64 | 167 |
Total Deaths from all causes | 400 | 611 | 621 | 1072 | 2704 |