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Southwark 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 9a—
| Causes of Death. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placenta Prævia, Flooding | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Thrombosis | 1 | |||||||||
| Other and Undefined Accidents of Childbirth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Arthritis, Ostitis, Periostitis | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Other and Undefined Diseases of Organs of Locomotion | 1 | |||||||||
| Ulcer, Bedsore | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Eczema | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Pemphigus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Other and Undefined Diseases of Integumentary System | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Deaths from External causes (total):— | ||||||||||
| By Accident or negligence | ||||||||||
| On Railways | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| By Vehicular Traffic | 20 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 13 | 32 | |
| ,, Machinery | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| In Building operations | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| ,, Conflagrations | 1 | |||||||||
| By Burns, Scalds, Explosions | 19 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 21 |
| ,, Weapons and Implements | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| ,, Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Surgical Narcosis | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Corrosion by Chemicals | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| By Drowning | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| ,, Suffocation (overlaid in bed) | 45 | 38 | 53 | 38 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 20 | 15 |
| ,, ,, otherwise | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Falls, not specified | 43 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 36 | 47 | 32 | 39 | 38 | 41 |
| Neglect at Birth | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Personal neglect | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| By Weather Agencies | 3 | |||||||||
| Otherwise and not stated | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Electric Shock | 1 | |||||||||
| Homicide | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Execution | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Suicide, in all forms— | ||||||||||
| By Poison | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 13 | |
| ,, Asphyxia | 1 | |||||||||
| ,, Hanging and Strangulation | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| ,, Drowning | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| ,, Wounds—Shooting | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| „ ,, other weapons | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| „ Other methods | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sudden Death (cause not ascertained) | ||||||||||
| Other Ill-defined and Not Specified Causes |