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Shoreditch 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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TABLE VII.

ANALYSIS of the Cases Teeated by the District Medical Officers oF the Borough during the Year ending December 31s t , 1901.

Diseases.Diseases.
All Causes3,38338Congenital malformations-
1Small Pox(Vaccinated-39Old age101
- Unvaccinated-40Apoplexy9
(No Statement-41Epilepsy27
2Measles5242Convulsions ...5
3Scarlet fever1443Other diseases of brain and nervous system159
4Typhus-
5Relapsing fever-44Diseases of organs of special sense13
6Influenza75
7Whooping Cough22
45Diseases of circulatory system127
8Diphtheria4
9Simple, Continued and ill-defined fever546Laryngitis4
47Bronchitis872
10Enteric fever3
48Pneumonia81
11Simple cholera-
49Pleurisy17
12Diarrhoea, Dysentery57
50Other respiratory diseases29
13Remittent fever-
14Hydrophobia.-51Dentition3
15Glanders-52Quinzy, sore thrOat17
16Cow pox and effects of vaccination-53Enteritis23
54Peritonitis-
17Venereal affections3755Diseases of liver15
18Erysipelas1956Other diseases of digestive system163
19Pyæmia and Septicæmia-
20Puerperal fever-
57Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands8
21Tabes Mesenterica-
22Tubercular Meningitis-
23Phthisis186
58Diseases of urinary system36
24Scrofula, Tuberculosis12
25Other Zymotic diseases1859Diseases of generative system17
26Thrush-60Accidents of childbirth12
27Worms and other parasitic diseases-
61Diseases of locomotive system148
28Starvation,want of breast-milk-62Diseases of integumentary system117
29Alcoholism-
INJURIES.—
30Rheumatic fever and Rheumatism of heart39
63Fracture and contusion23
64Gun shot wounds-
31Rheumatism291
65Cut, stab-
32Gout35
66Burn or scald8
33Rickets2
67Poison...4
34Cancer31
68Drowning-
35Other constitutional diseases60
69Suffocation-
36Premature birth70Otherwise84
37Atelectasis-71Other Causes399