Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1921
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Inquest cases classified according to age :—
Number under 1 year | 20 |
„ over 1 year and under 5 years | 7 |
5 years „ „ 10 „ | 6 |
„ „ 10 „ „ „ 20 „ | 2 |
„ 20 „ „ „ 30 „ | 2 |
„ „ 30 „ „ „ 40 „ | 8 |
„ „ 40 „ „ „ 50 „ | 21 |
„ „ 50 „ „ „ 60 „ | 12 |
„ 60 „ „ „ 70 „ | 18 |
„ „ 70 „ „ „ 80 „ | 25 |
„ „ 80 „ | 4 |
Total | 125 |
Causes of death in inquest cases :—
Natural causes | 84 |
Misadventure : death under an anaesthetic | 6 |
Accidental:—
Drowned | 1 |
Falls | 8 |
Run over by motor 'bus | 1 |
Run over by lorry | 2 |
Scalds | 2 |
Suffocation whilst in bed | 2 |
Suffocation by a thimble | 1 |
Open Verdict :—
Found drowned | 2 |
Found in a parcel | 1 |
Manslaughter | 1 |
Suicide :—
Cut throat | 3 |
Drowning | 1 |
Hanging | 6 |
Poisoning | 4 |
Total | 125 |