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Shoreditch 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE XXX.SUMMARY OF THE DEATHS IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 1899.

TABLE XXX.

SUMMARY OF THE DEATHS IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 1899.

CAUSES OF DEATH.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
1. Miasmatic Diseases41745497266
2. Diarrliceal „26526766211
3. Malarial „...............
4. Zoogenous „...............
5. Tuberculous „559175132353
6. Venereal „...42511
7. Septic „6541227
Total Zymotic Diseases128226202312868
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES...............
III.—DIETETIC „432716
IV.— CONSTITUTIONAL „25222629102
V.—LOCAL DISEASES.
1. Diseases of the Nervous System546353103273
2. „ „ Circulatory „47374876208
3. „ „ Respiratory Organs120137148239644
4. „ „ Digestive „13183039100
5. „ „Urinary „1814172776
6. „ „ Generative System „...1449
7. „ „ Bones and Joints1......45
8. „ „ Integumentary System.........11
9. „ „ Organs of Special Sense2...114
10. „ „ Glandular Organs...............
Total Deaths Local Diseases2552703014941320
VI.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES586770110305
VII.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
1. Accident or Negligence16202441101
2. Homicide...1......1
3. Suicide22116
Total Violent Deaths18232542108
VIII.—CAUSES ILL-DEFINED19354791192
Total Deaths from all causes50764667310852911