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0.56 in 1900, 0.63 in 1899, 0,58 in 1898, 0.51 in 1897, 0.45 in 1896, 0.50 in
1895, 0.65 in 1894, and 0.54 in 1893. The deaths from malignant disease have
not been included in estimating the above rates.
Of the deaths attributed to alcoholism and cirrhosis of the liver, a disease
which is generally accepted as due to the consumption of alcoholic drink in
excess, 28 were of males and 18 of females. The actual number of deaths,
however, which were directly or indirectly the result of the abuse of alcohol, in
all probability considerably exceeds these figures.
Three deaths were certified as due to appendicitis, as compared with
5 in 1908, 1 in 1907, 19 in 1906, 4 in 1905, 7 in 1904, 5 in 1903, 4 in 1902, and
2 in 1901. Three deaths were attributed to peritonitis.
Of the 85 deaths from violence, 50 were of males and 35 of females.
Through accident or negligence 74 persons met their deaths, the chief causes
being burns and scalds, mostly in young children, which accounted for 11, falls
chiefly in persons 35 years of age and upwards, which resulted in 22, suffocation
in infants through overlaying in bed, which caused 18 deaths, a number
considerably lower than that of last year, and vehicular traffic which was
the cause of 9 deaths. There was 1 case of homicide in a man, and 10 persons
committed suicide, 8 of whom were males and 2 females.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

Elsewhere than in public institutions, seven persons not belonging to Shoreditch
died within the Borough.