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Shoreditch 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE VIII.
ANALYSIS of the Cases Treated by the District Medical Officers of the Borough during the Year ending December 31st, 1905.
| Diseases. | Diseases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 4,014 | 38 Congenital malformations | ... |
| 1 Small-pox | ... | 39 Old age | 149 |
| 2 Measles | 70 | 40 Apoplexy | 9 |
| 3 Scarlet fever | 24 | 41 Epilepsy | 40 |
| 4 Typhus | ... | 42 Convulsions | 2 |
| 5 Relapsing fever | . . . | 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 202 |
| 6 Influenza | 84 | ||
| 7 Whooping cough | 46 | ||
| 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 23 | ||
| 8 Diphtheria | 3 | ||
| 9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever | 13 | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | 149 |
| 10 Enteric fever | 3 | ||
| 46 Laryngitis | 3 | ||
| 11 Simple cholera | ... | ||
| 47 Bronchitis | 951 | ||
| 12 Diarrhœa, dysentery | 99 | ||
| 48 Pneumonia | 60 | ||
| 13 Remittent fever | ... | ||
| 49 Pleurisy | 31 | ||
| 14 Hydrophobia | ... | ||
| 50 Other respiratory diseases | 38 | ||
| 15 Glanders | ... | ||
| 16 Cow pox and effects of vaccination | ... | 51 Dentition | 9 |
| 52 Quinzy, sore throat | 31 | ||
| 17 Venereal affections | 29 | ||
| 53 Enteritis | 88 | ||
| 18 Erysipelas | 29 | 54 Peritonitis | 1 |
| 19 Pyæmia and septicæmia | 4 | 55 Diseases of liver | 26 |
| 20 Puerperal fever | ... | 56 Other diseases of digestive system | 270 |
| 21 Tabes mesenterica | 1 | ||
| 22 Tuberculous meningitis | ... | ||
| 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 10 | ||
| 23 Phthisis | 220 | ||
| 24 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 12 | ||
| 25 Other zymotic diseases | 31 | ||
| 58 Diseases of urinary system | 43 | ||
| 26 Thrush | 1 | 59 Diseases of generative system | 26 |
| 27 Worms and other parasitic diseases | ... | ||
| 60 Accidents of childbirth | 12 | ||
| 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 165 | ||
| 28 Starvation, want of breast-milk | 2 | ||
| 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 96 | ||
| 29 Alcoholism | 16 | ||
| 30 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 32 | INJURIES.- | |
| 63 Fracture and contusion | 36 | ||
| 31 Rheumatism | 308 | 64 Gun shot wounds | ... |
| 65 Cut, stab | 2 | ||
| 32 Gout | 62 | ||
| 66 Burns or scalds | 2 | ||
| 83 Rickets | 4 | ||
| 67 Poison | 4 | ||
| 34 Cancer | 37 | ||
| 68 Drowning | ... | ||
| 35 Other constitutional diseases | 47 | ||
| 69 Suffocation | ... | ||
| 36 Premature birth | ... | 70 Otherwise | 64 |
| 71 Other causes | 295 | ||
| 37 Atelectasis | ... | ||