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Shoreditch 1924

[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 2.2 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.85 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.
134 Ulcer, bedsore...........................................................................
135 Eczema...........................1............1........................11
136 Pemphigus...........................................................................
137 Other and ill-defined diseases of integumentary system...........................................................................
By Accident or Negligence:
138 In mines and quarries...........................................................................
139 In vehicular traffic......6......2......11221...1431221110515
140 On railways...........................................................................
141 On vessels and docks, excluding drowning...........................................................................
142 In building operations...........................................................................
143 By machinery........................1.....................1...............1...1
144 By weapons and implements..................1...1...............11..................2...2
145 Burns and scalds1131.....................2...11...21122...549
146 Poisons, poisonous vapours........................1..................1..................1...1
147 Surgical narcosis...............1.................................1............1...1
148 Effects of electric shock...........................................................................
149 Corrosion by chemicals...........................................................................
150 Drowning........................................................................
151 Suffocation, overlaid in bed...3.......................................l..................2213
152 Suffocation otherwise2................................................1...1.........112
153 Falls, not specified......111......12132...3321...216612
154 Weather agencies...........................................................................
155 Otherwise, and not stated......1..................1...1............2...1.........123
156 Homicide...........................................................................
Suicides, all forms :—
157 By poison.....................11...4............2......21...1336
158 By asphyxia...........................21..................11......13...3
159 By hanging and strangulation..............................1...........................1...112
160 By drowning...............1.........3..................1...1......1314
161 By shooting...................................................1............1...1
162 By cut or stab......................................................1.........1...1
163 By precipitation from elevated places........................................................................
164 By crushing...........................................................................
165 By other and unspecified methods...........................................................................
166 Execution...........................................................................
167 Sudden death...........................................................................
168 Other ill-defined and not specified causes...2..............................1......21...............123
169 Malignant disease...........................1......1......3...11...1...527
170 Abscess.....................1......1.....................1......1112
171 Cerebro-spinal fever...11................................................2......2...2
Totals22111772201436335310516221223413332522702472082481401421378006441444