London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Shoreditch 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH WARD.SEX.
Under 1.1 to 2.2 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.1 1 Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.Male.Female.Total.
134 Ulcer, bedsore...........................................................................
135 Eczema...........................................................................
136 Pemphigus.................................1............1...............1...1
137 Other and ill-defined diseases of integumentary system...........................................................................
By Accident or Negligence :
138 In mines and quarries...........................................................................
139 In vehicular traffic......221...21224...311243524...14721
140 On railways........................1..................l.....................11
141 On vessels and docks, excluding drowning...........................................................................
142 In building operations...........................................................................
143 By machinery..............................1........................1.........11
144 By weapons and implements...........................1..............................1...1...1
145 Burns and scalds1...2...........................1.........21............224
146 Poisons, poisonous vapours...........................................................................
147 Surgical narcosis......1.......................................1...............1...1
148 Effects of electric shock...........................................................................
149 Corrosion by chemicals...........................................................................
150 Drowning......11.......................................1............2...2
151 Suffocation, overlaid in bed2..........................................1......1.........112
152 Suffocation otherwise....................................1......1..................1...1
I 153 Falls, not specified1.....................1...152......32...322...5712
I 154 Weather agencies..................................................................... ,.........
155 Otherwise, and not stated......21......1..............................21.........213
156 Homicide Suicidcs, all fotitis !—...........................................................................
157 By poison.....................1112...1...1112.........1516
158 By asphyxia.....................!.........1..............................1...1...1
159 By hanging and strangulation..............................1.....................1...1...2...2
160 By drowning...........................11............1...............1112
161 By shooting......1 .
162 By cut or stab........................11............11...............112
163 By precipitation from elevated places.....................121.....................2...2......221
164 By crushing...........................................................................
165 By other and unspecified methods........................1........................1............1...1
166 Execution...........................................................................
167 Sudden death...........................................................................i
168 Other ill-defined and not specified causes3..................1...11...1......2...211...134
169 Malignant disease...........................224.........1...33......1538
170 Abscess.........1...11...........................2...1.........3...3
171 Cerebro-spinal2......................................................22...2
172 Encephalitis Lethargica.....................i.................................1.........11
Totals .....16C524232192930427317220825618028522692231962211171151357295991328