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86 from phthisis, diseases of the brain and nervous system 87, bronchitis 128,
pneumonia 167, old age 90, cancer 124, violence 67, whooping cough 24, Bright's
disease 97, and prematurity which was given as causing 26 deaths.
Of the deaths from cancer, 68 were of males and 56 females ; 7 were of persons
aged 25 to 45 years, 67 of parsons aged between 45 and 65 years, 39 were aged
between 65 and 75, and amongst persons aged 75 and upwards there were 11 deaths.
In addition, 8 deaths were attributed to malignant disease or sarcoma. The deathrate
due to cancer was 1.18 as compared with 1.1 for 1926, 0.98 for 1925, 1.1 for 1924,
1.0 for 1923, 0.82 for 1922, 0.87 for 1921, 0.91 for 1920, 0.93 for 1919, 0.95 for 1918
and 1.1 for 1917.
Eight deaths, 6 of them males, resulted from appendicitis, and 3 males died from
peritonitis.
Chronic alcoholism was the cause of death in one instance, and 5 males and
1 female were stated to have died from cirrhosis of the liver, a disease that may be
caused through chronic poisoning by alcohol.
Of the deaths due to violence, 42 were amongst males and 25 amongst females.
Through accidents or negligence, 29 males and 20 females lost their lives ; 21 of these
were in connection with vehicular traffic, 12 were due to falls, chiefly amongst people
getting on in years, and 3 were attributed to suffocation. Two of these were amongst
infants, and was due to suffocation in bed. There were 18 cases of suicide, 13 of
which were amongst males.
Attention has been directed in recent reports to the decrease in the number of
infants suffocated in bed. During the five years ending 1897 the number averaged
approximately 30 per annum ; during the five years ending 1927 this average has
been only 2.2.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

Elsewhere than in public institutions seven persons not belonging to Shoreditch
died within the Borough.