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Shoreditch 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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TABLE XXXI.

Table: SUMMARY OF THE DEATHS IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT, FOR THE YEAR 1897.

SUMMARY OF THE DEATHS IN THE PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, AND IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT, FOR THE YEAR 1897.

CAUSES OF DEATH.DEATHS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT.
Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
1. Miasmatic Diseases457068137320
2. Diarrhœal ,,26425885211
3. Malarial ,,...............
4. Zoogenous ,,...............
5. Tubercular ,,526969131321
6. Venereal „12...69
7. Septic ,,252413
Total Zymotic Diseases126188197363874
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.........11
III.— DIETIC „244818
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL „1520184194
V.—LOCAL DISEASES.
1. Diseases of the Nervous System557072106303
2. ,, ,, Circulatory ,,32344757170
3. ,, ,, Respiratory Organs103117116206542
4. ,, ,, Digestive ,,19162450109
5. ,, ,, Urinary ,,1111132257
6. ,, ,, Generative System152210
7. ,, ,, Bones and Joints11......2
8. „ ,, Integumentary System..1......1
9. „ „ Organs of Special Sense14218
10. ,, ,, Glandular Organs...............
Total Deaths Local Diseases2232592764441202
VI.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES30465151178
VII.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
1. Accident or Negligence1226233596
2. Homicide1.........1
3. Suicide2...338
Total Violent Deaths15262638105
VIII.—CAUSES ILL-DEFINED24323860154
Total Deaths from all causes43557561010062626