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

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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Shoreditch 1893

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1893

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CAUSES OP DEATH.AGES.Total Deaths under 5.Shoreditch South.Hoxton New Town.Hoxton Old Town.Haggerston.Total.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 60.60 to 70.70 to 85.85 and upwards.
VI.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature Birth (Debility at Birth)150..............................15017314161150
Malformations14..............................14224614
Old Age........................156622...13251847103
VII.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
(1) Accident or Negligence.
By Falls7433...12114...11...741526
,, Railways...................................................
„ Horses and Vehicles1...1......1......2......1113...5
,, Wounds—Gunshot, Cut, and Stab............1......1...............11...2
„ Burns and Scalds...73.........2............7...35412
,, Poison...............2.....................11...2
,, Drowning............11........................112
,, Suffocation (in bed)301...........................3131051331
,, Negligence at Birth2..............................2...1...12
Otherwise...111............3......1...1146
(3) Suicide.
Wounds—Gunshot, Cut, Stab............111l1............1135
Poison............1...2...............2......13
Drowning............3...2..................23...5
Hanging..................1..................1......1
VII.
Causes not specified or ill-defined84243545431211...10816424156155