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

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Shoreditch 1925

[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.ITaggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
134 Ulcer, bedsore...........................................................................
135 Eczema...........................................................................
136 Pemphigus2.......................................1..................12...2
137 Other and til-defined diseases of integumentary system...............1..............................I..................11
By Accident or Negligence : 138 In mines and quarries...........................................................................
139 In vehicular traffic.........3...I...2...1I21...1232...2I...12214
140 On railways...........................................................................
141 On vessels and docks, excluding drowning........................1.................................1...1...1
142 In building operations........................1........................1............1...1
143 By machinery..............................11.........1...............12...2
144 By weapons and implements...........................................................................
145 Burns and scalds1......1.....................1.........1..................123
146 Poisons, poisonous vapours...........................................................................
147 Surgical narcosis...........................................................................
148 Effects of electric shock...........................................................................
149 Corrosion by chemicals...........................................................................
150 Drowning1............1...........................1.....................22
151 Suffocation, overlaid in bed3..........................................11.........1...33
152 Suffocation otherwise3.....................1..................31...............134
153 Falls, not specified.........1...l...1...142...1...211...1...110111
154 Weather agencies...........................................................................
155 Otherwise, and not stated2...............i......1.....................2......11224
156 Homicide1...1................................................2......112
Suicides, all forms :— 157 By poison..............................3............1.........11...213
158 By asphyxia...........................122......1.........2...I1325
159 By hanging and strangulation........................12...1............2......1I...4...4
160 By drowning........................1..................1.....................11
161 By shooting...........................................................................
162 By cut or stab........................2.....................2...............112
163 By precipitation from elevated places.....................1.................................1......1...1
164 By crushing...........................................................................
165 By other and unspecified methods...........................................................................
166 Execution...........................................................................
167 Sudden death...........................................................................
168 Other ill-defined and not specified causes3.............................................1...2.........193
169 Malignant disease1......1...112...352......I222324...8816
170 Abscess11................................................2.........2...2
171 Cerebro-spinal fever21..........................................1...1......1213
172 Encephalitis Lethargica............I.........1...1............1...1.........1...33
Totals233715935222633689715119624114941692352171772591411551697756471422