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Shoreditch 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.
Under 1.1 to 2.2 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 85.85 and upwards.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.Total.
134 Ulcer, bedsore..............................11...............11.........112
135 Eczema.................................1..................1.........1...1
136 Pemphigus...........................................................................
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......21...2...1...2112...122231...18412
140 On railways...........................1...............1...............1...1
141 On vessels and docks, excluding drowning...........................................................................
142 In building operations...........................................................................
143 By machinery...........................1........................1.........1...1
144 By weapons and implements...........................................................................
145 Burns and scalds...231............1......2...11321...1117310
146 Poisons, poisonous vapours........................1...........................1.........1...1
147 Surgical narcosis..............................1..............................11...1
148 Effects of electric shock...........................................................................
149 Corrosion by chemicals...........................................................................
150 Drowning.....................1.....................1..................1...1
151 Suffocation, overlaid in bed1.........................................................1...1...1
152 Suffocation otherwisel.............................................1...............1...1
153 Falls, not specifiedl1...1............12213......134...135712
154 Weather agencies...........................................................................
155 Otherwise, and not stated1...............2........................1......11......213
156 Homicide......1.......................................1..................11
Suicides, all forms :—
157 By poison...............1......l21............311............325
158 By asphyxia...........................................................................
159 By hanging and strangulation..............................12..................1......13...3
160 By drowning...........................................................................
161 By shooting...........................................................................
162 By cut or stab...........................1...1.........11............2...2
163 By precipitation from elevated places.....................1......1..................11.........112
164 By crushing...........................................................................
165 By other and unspecified methods........................l..................1..................1...1
166 Execution.....................1...................................................
167 Sudden death...........................................................................
168 Other ill-defined and not specified causes4...............1.........1............111111426
169 Malignant disease......l...2.........1477......15224116121022
170 Abscess...............1..............................1...............1...1
171 Cerebro-spinal fever1.........................................................1...1...1
Totals30116899312239316910918724823014533733442842223001391551959277851712