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Shoreditch 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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VII.—VIOLENT DEATHS, &c.
(1)Accident or Negligence.
By Falls13......3...3172...4254920
„ Railways............1...1...2.........21...14
„ Horses and Vehicles...25........................2......437
,, Wounds—Gunshot, Cut, and Stab...................................................
In Building operations...................................................
„ Conflagrations...................................................
By Burns and Scalds261..................1...8141410
„ Poison............231...............11248
,, Drowning112......1...............2......145
,, Suffocation1..............................1......1...1
,, Suffocation (in bed)44..............................44108101644
,, Negligence at Birth...................................................
Otherwise.........11........................11...2
(2) Homicide.
Murder............1........................1......1
Manslaughter...................................................
(3) Suicide.
Wounds—Gunshot, Cut, Stab...............1...1...............2......2
Poison............1...1...1.........1...113
Drowning...................................................
Hanging............1.....................1.........1
Otherwise...................................................
(4) Execution.
Hanging...................................................
VIII.—DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Marasmus9819...........................1173153366117
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition14...1........................14363315
Mortification........................4.........1...225
Dropsy...................................................
Hemorrhage12...1...12............31247
Malignant Disease...............1434.........444214
Tumour............1..1...1............2...13
Abscess5.........2..................521137
Other causes not specified373.........1136105541024
Total8544329210415923329213830227629128650764667310852911