London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Shoreditch 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.Total.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.76 to 85.85 and upwards.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
115 Diseases of Lymphatic System and ductless glands2..........................1......1....2..2
116 Acute nephritis..1..1........222......11..1212538
117 Briglit's disease..........1410921975213119192553432
118 Calculus..........111..........1....1..1....12
119 Diseases of bladder and prostate..................22......1..1..11..314
120 Other and ill-defined diseases of urinary system..........1..1..2..........1..12....224
121 Diseases of testis and penis................................................
122 Diseases of ovaries..............1......................1....1
123 Diseases of uterus and appen- dages................................................
124 Diseases of vagina and external genital organs................................................
125 Diseases of breast..............................................
126 Abortion, miscarriage..............1........................1..11
127 Puerperal mania..........1................1..............1
128 Puerperal convulsions..........1................................11
129 Placenta prævia, flooding..........11..................1....1....22
130 Puerperal thrombosis..........1..................1............11
131 Other and ill defined accidents and diseases of pregnancy and childbirth............11................1......1..22
132 Arthritis, ostitis, periostitis................................................
133 Other and ill-defined diseases of osseous system................................................
134 Ulcer, bedsore................................................
135 Eczema................................................
136 Pemphigus2............................1....1......22
137 Other and ill-defined diseases of integumentary system By Accident or Negligence...............................................
138 In mines and quarries................................................
139 In vehicular traffic..2..1....1....14....1211112..72
140 On railways................................................
141 On vessels and docks, excluding drowning................................................
142 In building operations................................................
143 By machinery................................................
144 By weapons and implements................................................
145 Burns and Scalds..61....1111..........33....113471
146 Poisons, poisonous vapours..1..1..11..........1..11..11..132
147 Surgical narcosis1..............1................1..1..2..
148 Effects of electric shock................................................
149 Corrosion by chemicals................................................
150 Drowning................................................
151 Suffocation, overlaid in bed18........................32211252108
152 Suffocation otherwise3..................1....11..........231
153 Falls, not specified14..1..1..542112246221321111
154 Weather agencies................................................
155 Otherwise, and not stated1..1................1..1..1....1....12
156 Homicide............1..............1............1..
Suicides, all forms. 157 By poison................2..........11..........11
158 By asphyxia..............11............2..........2..
159 By hanging and strangulation..............131..........1..21..141
160 By drowning................................................
161 By shooting................1....................1..1....
162 By cut or stab................................................
163 By precipitation from elevated places................................................
164 By crushing................................................
165 By other and unspecified methods................................................
166 Execution................................................
167 Sudden death................................................
168 Other ill-defined and not specified causes41......1..............1....12....242
169 Malignant disease..1........11313....1111121255
170 Abscess1......................................11..
171 Cerebro Spinal Fever1....2....................11........112
Total51235447333150104177230234228150398738229629950222519620211251064