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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
Hampstead 1910
Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Of the total deaths 63 were due to pneumonia, 56 to bronchitis,
4 to pleurisy, and 7 to other diseases of the respiratory organs.
Accident.
Twenty deaths were classified under this heading, as compared
with 18 in 1909; 5 were due to falls, 4 to suffocation (3 being infants
overlaid in bed), 4 to burns and scalds, 2 to street accidents, and
5 to other accidents.
Suicide.
Eight persons committed suicide, as against 6 in 1909. In 3 cases
the cause of death was poisoning, 2 persons were killed by trains, 1 death
was due to a fall from a window, and 2 were due to other causes.