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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
Fulham 1900
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1900
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Diseases of the Heart.
142 deaths were ascribed to diseases of the heart.
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition.
Six deaths were registered as due to diseases and accidents of
parturition.
The total number of deaths reported as occurring within 21
days of childbirth was 16, the causes assigned being : —
TABLE XXXI.
| Septicæmia | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 |
| Enteritis | 1 |
| Albumenuria | 1 |
| Gastric Ulcer | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 1 |
| Puerperal Convulsions | 2 |
| Hæmorrhage | 4 |
| 16 |
Or one death to every 283 births.
Deaths from Violence.
Different forms of violence caused 87 deaths.
TABLE XXXII. Accident or Negligence.
| Falls | 23 |
| Run over | 8 |
| Burns | 6 |
| Drowning | 3 |
| Suffocation of infants in bed | 24 |
| Otherwise | 12 |
| 76 | |
| Suicides | 9 |
| Manslaughter | 1 |
| Murder | 1 |
| 87 |