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Developmental disorders caused 305 deaths, as against 237 last year; 165 of these
were attributed to prematurity and debility at birth, and 118 to old age.
Dietetic diseases accounted for 16 deaths, all of which were attributed to
alcoholism. The number of deaths directly attributed to alcoholism, however, as has
been pointed out in previous reports, does not represent the total mortality which may
be directly or indirectly the result of the abuse of alcohol.
Violence resulted in 108 deaths, 101 of which were caused through accident or
negligence.
Causes not sufficiently defined or not classified in the tables of causes of death,
accounted for 192 deaths, as compared with 167 last year.
The increase in the number of deaths in Shoreditch, as compared with the
number for 1898, is mainly to be accounted for by the increase in the number of deaths
from diseases classed as local and developmental, principally bronchitis, pneumonia,
Bright's dis'ease, heart disease, and prematurity, including debility at birth.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The numbers and distribution of deaths of parishioners and non-parishioners in
public institutions within Shoreditch, are as set out in the subjoined table:—

Elsewhere than in public institutions, 20 persons who were non-residents died
within the parish.
In the following table are set forth the various public institutions outside
Shoreditch, with the numbers of persons belonging to the parish dying therein:—