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

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Shoreditch 1923

[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 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.
134 Ulcer, bedsore...........................................................................
135 Eczema...........................................................................
136 Pemphigus1..........................................1..................1...1
137 Other and ill-defined diseases of integumentary system...........................................................................
By Accident or Negligence:
138 In mines and quarries...........................................................................
139 In vehicular traffic......1.........2......2.........112222.........729
140 On railways........................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..................1..............................1............1...1
145 Burns and scalds...4..............................1......111...1...1325
146 Poisons, poisonous vapours...........................................................................
147 Surgical narcosis...........................................................................
148 Effects of electric shock...........................................................................
149 Corrosion by chemicals...........................................................................
150 Drowning.........1.........1.....................1......1.........2...2
151 Suffocation, overlaid in bed2.............................................1............1...22
152 Suffocation otherwise3......1.................................11............2224
153 Falls, not specified......1.....................563......442311...9615
154 Weather agencies...........................................................................
155 Otherwise, and not stated.........11......1...........................2.........13...3
156 Homicide...1......................................................1......11
Suicides, all forms:—
157 By poison.....................3...1............. . .1......12......224
158 By asphyxia.....................1........................1...............1...1
159 By hanging and strangulation..............................1...........................1...1...1
160 By drowning..................1......1.....................2............112
161 By shooting...........................................................................
162 By cut or stab..............................1...........................1...1...1
163 By precipitation from elevated places........................1......1.........1.........1......2...2
164 By crushing...........................................................................
165 By other and unspecified methods...........................................................................
166 Execution...........................................................................
167 Sudden death..............................................................................
168 Other ill-defined and not specified causes4........................1............11111.........325
169 Malignant disease...............2...l11542......15...31427916
170 Abscess1.........................................................1.........11
171 Cerebro-spinal fever1...1.......................................1...1.........112
Totals2326048281729348210617320821112517532422241832451351451437316391370