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Shoreditch 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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VII.—VIOLENT DEATHS, &c.

(1) Accident ok Negligence.
By Falls12...31281158573419
„ Railways...................................................
,, Horses and Vehicles...24...112......2...2242412
,, Wounds—Gunshot, Cut, and Stab.........1.................................11
In Building operations.....................1..................1...1
„ Conflagrations....................................................
By Burns and ScaldsI105...1...1...1......11353819
„ Poison..................1.....................1...1
„ Drowning.....................1...............1......1
„ Suffocation1..............................1...1......1
„ Suffocation (in bed)32...............................327851232
„ Negligence at Birth...................................................
Otherwise...1...1......11...3...112227
(2) Homicide.
Murder...................................................
Manslaughter...................................................
(3) Suicide.
Wounds—Gunshot, Cut, Stab...................................................
Poison............111..................1113
Drowning...............1...1.....................22
Hanging............3.........1.........1......24
Otherwise............1..............................11
(4) Execution.
Hanging...................................................
VIII.—DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Marasmus6912.......... . .1............81624183482
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition11...........................2......112
Mortification...........................32...2...125
Dropsy..................1..................1......1
Hemorrhage1...............2............111...13
Malignant Disease...............11...13......1...236
Tumour.... . .1.........1......1.........2...13
Abscess1..............................1....... . .11
Other causes not specified63......124114...9258722
Total7414128610112818426011012840323115344359753610002576