London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bethnal Green 1910
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1910 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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Causes of death in inquest cases—continued—
Still Born 5
Strangulated Hernia 1
Tumour on the Brain 1
Ulcer of the Stomach 2
Weak Heart 1
Whooping Cough 1
Destitution and Want 2
Chronic Alcoholism 10
Neglect 1
Want of Attention at Birth 2
Accidental Deaths—
Death while under Chloroform 1
Falls 21
Suffocation in Bed 25
Do. at Birth 1
Do. while Drunk 1
Drowned 1
Burns 11
Ptomaine Poisoning 1
Misadventure 2
Scalds 2
Run over on the Great Eastern Railway 2
Run over in Street 5
Septic Poisoning 3
Suicide—
Hanging 3
Poisoning 3
Self Starvation 1
Strangulation 2-9
Total 266
Bodies received under Public Health (London) Act—
Diphtheria 2
Enteric 1
Erysipelas 1
Measles 2
Total 6