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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Shoreditch 1914

[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 75.75 to 8585 and upwards.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Ac on.Male.Female.
134 Ulcer, bedsore........................................................................
135 Eczema........................................................................
136 Pemphigus1................................................•••...1...1...1
137 Other and ill-defined diseases of integumentary system ...l......................................................1...1...1
By Accident or Negligence.
138 In mines and quarries..................................................................
139 In vehicular traffic16212111311222313215
140 On railways......................................................1......1...1
141 On vessels and docks, excluding drowning......................................................................
142 In building operations........................1....................................1...1
143 By machinery........................................................................
144 By weapons and implements........................................................................
145 Burns and scalds...2...............1......2............22.........1347
146 Poisons, poisonous vapours......1.........1.........1............111.........123
147 Surgical narcosis......1.........1.....................1......1.........112
148 Effects of electric shock........................................................................
149 Corrosion by chemicals..............................1..............................11
150 Drowning...13............1..................1121...11527
151 Suffocation, overlaid in bed27....................................15637...32141327
152 Suffocation otherwise2.............................................2............112
153 Falls, not specified261............3372......154109...11201333
154 Weather agencies........................................................................
155 Otherwise, and not stated...21...1............21.........211...111527
156 Homicide1...............1..................11...............112
Suicides, all forms.
157 By poison..................11...1...1...11...1......1...4...4
158 By asphyxia...............................................................
159 By hanging and strangulation.....................1211.........211...15...5
160 By drowning.....................1.....................1...............1...1
161 By shooting...............................................................
162 By cut or stab............................................................
163 By precipitation from elevated places........................................................................
164 By crushing........................................................................
165 By other and unspecified methods...........................1........................1......1...1
166 Execution.....................................................................
167 Sudden death........................................................................
168 Other ill-defined and not specified causes21..................1...............1...1...11...314
169 Malignant disease.........11...121233...221222129514
170 Abscess...1..........................................1...............11
171 Cerebro Spinal Fever...1......1.................................1.........1...92
Total49633259414026103152226245218129347735635529043319218920911409612101