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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 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.Total.
Under 1.1 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.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
135 Eczema1................................................1.........1...1
136 Pemphigus........................................................................
137 Other and ill-defined diseases of integumentary system........................................................................
By Accident or Negligence.........................................................................
138 In mines and quarries............................................................
139 In vehicular traffic......9111......121.........2121111549
140 On railways........................................................................
141 On vessels and docks, excluding drowning........................................................................
142 In building operations..............................1...............1............1...1
143 By machinery........................................................................
144 By weapons and implements........................................................................
145 Burns and scalds162............1...11......15212...1...4812
146 Poisons, poisonous vapours........................l....................................1...1
147 Surgical narcosis........................................................................
148 Effects of electric shock........................................................................
149 Corrosion by chemicals........................................................................
150 Drowning......1............11...2.........21...1.........115
151 Suffocation, overlaid in bed241.................................172...6132101525
152 Suffocation otherwise1...................................................1......1......
153 Falls, not specified1...1.........11522.........8332.........11819
154 Weather agencies........................................................................
155 Otherwise, and not stated........................1...1..................1...1...112
156 Homicide2..................1..................1............11...33
Suicides, all forms.
157 By poison...............1.........2...............111.........213
158 By asphyxia........................................................................
159 By hanging and strangulation........................111.........2......1.........3...3
160 By drowning........................l........................1.........1...1
161 By shooting..................l1.................................112...2
51 By cut or stab........................................................................
163 By precipitation from elevated places..................l1......1............1...1...1...213
164 By crushing........................................................................
165 By other and unspecified methods...............1.......................................1......11
166 Execution........................................................................
167 Sudden death........................................................................
168 Other ill-defined and not specified causes4..................21...1.........1112...21448
169 Malignant disease...l12...2l...331.........32423......8614
170 Cerebro Spinal Fever........................................................................
Total5302574727303792l492142132351354263399371258 37618318217610659432008

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