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Shoreditch 1926

[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 2.1 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...................................................................................
135 Eczema..................................................................................
136 Pemphigus3....................................................2..........2...224
137 Other and ill-defined diseases of integumentary system................................1................1.................1...1
By Accident or Negligence:
138 In mines and quarries....................................................................................
139 In vehicular traffic.......2......2...2...1........3......13331......12410
140 On railways..................................................................................
141 On vessels and docks, excluding drowning..............................1...............1..................1...1
142 In building operations......................................................................................
143 By machinery...............................................................................
144 By weapons and implements.............................................................................
145 Burns and scalds...11...................1.................1...........1..........33
146 Poisons, poisonous vapours...1.......................1.........1.........1.......1...........33
147 Surgical narcosis..............................1....................1.....................1...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 otherwise3............................1............1.......12......314
153 Falls, not specified......1............1...2......1...113...2..........437
154 Weather agencies..........................................................................................
155 Otherwise, and not stated......1...1...................................1..........1...2...2
156 Homicide
Suicides, all forms:—
157 By poison......................1...21.........1...1..........11314
158 By asphyxia......................1.....................1...................1...1
159 By hanging and strangulation...........................1...11.........1...11.........3...3
160 By drowning.......................121.......................11..........314
161 By shooting.................................................................................
162 By cut or stab.........................1...... 1 1.................1...1......2...2
163 By precipitation from elevated places.............................................1.........................11....1
164 By crushing...............................................................................
165 By other and unspecified methods...................................................................................
166 Execution...........................................................................
167 Sudden death...............................................................................
168 Other ill-defined and not specified causes3...................................................11......1213
169 Malignant disease......1................1...52.........2...2......13729
170 Abscess............................................................................
171 Cerebro-spinal fever211...........................................................2224
172 Encephalitis Lethargica.........1...................................1.....................11
Totals167554325133150649214420023713938562302141632241431351336806181298