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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table vi.
summary of the deaths in the metropolitan borough of shoreditch, and in each of the registration sub-districts, for the year 1900.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shoreditch South. | Hoxton New Town. | Hoxton Old Town. | Haggerston. | Total. | |
I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | |||||
1. Miasmatic Diseases | 36 | 81 | 51 | 92 | 260 |
2. Diarrliceal „ | 20 | 50 | 35 | 64 | 169 |
3. Malarial „ | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
4. Zoogenous „ | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
5. Tuberculous „ | 44 | 82 | 73 | 144 | 343 |
6. Venereal „ | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
7. Septic „ | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
Total Zymotic Diseases | 107 | 219 | 162 | 313 | 801 |
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
III.—DIETETIC „ | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL„ | 14 | 18 | 22 | 35 | 89 |
V.—LOCAL DISEASES. 1. Diseases of the Nervous System | 60 | 53 | 69 | 86 | 268 |
2. „ Circulatory | 24 | 41 | 30 | 70 | 165 |
3. „ „ Respiratory Organs | 111 | 114 | 105 | 230 | 560 |
4.„ „ Digestive | 22 | 28 | 21 | 53 | 124 |
5.„ Urinary | 21 | 20 | 15 | 32 | 88 |
6. „ „ Generative System | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
7. „„ Bones and Joints | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8. „„ Integumentary System | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | |
9. „ „ Organs of Special Sense | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10. „ „ Glandular Organs | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Total Deaths Local Diseases | 243 | 258 | 241 | 477 | 1222 |
VI.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES | 45 | 32 | 54 | 83 | 214 |
VII.—VIOLENT DEATHS | |||||
1. Accident or Negligence | 18 | 28 | 17 | 31 | 94 |
2. Homicide | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
3. Suicide | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
Total Violent Deaths | 19 | 29 | 19 | 37 | 104 |
VIII.—CAUSES ILL-DEFINED | 12 | 33 | 30 | 50 | 125 |
Total Deaths from all causes | 443 | 597 | 536 | 1000 | 2576 |