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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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| (2) Homicide. | |||||||||||||||||
| Murder and Manslaughter | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| (3) Suicide. | |||||||||||||||||
| Wounds-Gunshot, Cut, Stab | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
| Poison | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Drowning | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Hanging | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | |
| Otherwise | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
| VIII. | |||||||||||||||||
| Causes not specified or ill-defined— | |||||||||||||||||
| Marasmus | 50 | 11 | ... | ... | 61 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 61 | |||||||
| Dropsy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Abscess | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 744 | 520 | 117 | 104 | 175 | 218 | 228 | 129 | 268 | 286 | 39 | 1264 | 423 | 645 | 656 | 1104 | 2828 |