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Shoreditch 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR ENDING

DECEMBER 31 st , 1907.

DEATHS IN EACH WARD FROM ALL CAUSES.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.Total.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 1010 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.
115 Diseases of Lymphatic System and ductless glands................................................
116 Acute nephritis..2......111..............12..11..235
117 Briglit's disease..1..2..1281019172153139121065283563
118 Calculus................................................
119 Diseases of bladder and prostrate................212........2..2....15..5
120 Other and ill-defined diseases of urinary system................1........1................11
121 Diseases of testis and penis................................................
122 Diseases of ovaries................................................
123 Diseases of uterus and appendages............1......1..................2..22
124 Diseases of vagina and external genital organs................................................
125 Diseases of breast................................................
126 Abortion, miscarriage............1..............1..............11
127 Puerperal mania................................................
128 Puerperal convulsions................................................
129 Placenta prævia, flooding............1....................1........11
130 Puerperal thrombosis................................................
131 Other and ill defined accidents and diseases of pregnancy and childbirth............11....................2......22
132 Arthritis, ostitis, periostitis............1..........................1. .11
133 Other and ill-defined diseases of osseous system................................................
134 Ulcer, bedsore................................................
135 Eczema1..............1..............2........2..2
136 Pemphigus1..........................1............1..1
137 Other and ill-defined diseases of integumentary system1..........................1............1..1
By Accident or Negligence. 138 In mines and quarries................................................
139 In vehicular traffic..31............12......2..121..17..7
140 On railways................................................
141 On vessels and docks, excludin drowning................................................
142 In building operations................................................
143 By machinery................................................
144 By weapons and implements................................................
145 Burns and Scalds..52..........111......2ll..1........10
146 Poisons, poisonous vapours..1..1....1....1......1..212......516
147 Surgical narcosis1..................1..........11......2..2
148 Effects of electric shock................................................
149 Corrosion bv chemicals................................................
150 Drowning....1............1..1......1..1....13..3
151 Suffocation, overlaid in bed262......................15384214171128
152 Suffocation, otherwise12..............1..........31........134
153 Falls, not specified1311..2....631339247511215924
154 Weather agencies1............................1..........1....
155 Otherwise, and not stated1221....1....1..1....2114..1..459
156 Homicide2........11..1..........1....1111415
Suicides, all forms 157 By poison........12....11........32..........235
158 By asphyxia................................................
159 By hanging and strangulation..............12..1....2....1......11..4
160 By drowning..........1..11............11..1....2..3
161 By shooting................................................
162 By cut or stab........... .....1..1......1..1........2..2
163 By precipitation from elevated places................1..................1....1..1
164 By crushing................................................
165 By other and unspecified methods..............1..................1......1..1
l66 Execution................................................
167 Sudden death................................................
168 Other ill-defined and not specified causes2••1..........1..........1111......224
169 Malignant disease..1........11473112431411314519
170 Abscess1....1........................1..1....2..2
Total569423573739471071982312472291404189401391344526194196224117311922365