Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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There were 610 inquests held on residents during the year. The causes of death were as follows:—
Accidents | 101 |
Accidents and Diseases of Child-birth, including Puerperal Fever | 2 |
Alcoholism | 10 |
Aneurism of Aorta | 6 |
Apoplexy | 39 |
Bright's Disease | 8 |
Burns (adults) | 4 |
Cancer | 1 |
Cerebral Tumour | 1 |
Diabetes | 1 |
Diarrhoea | 1 |
Diseases of theLungs:— | |
Bronchitis | 23 |
Pneumonia | 53 |
Phthisis | 20 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 10 |
Diseases accelerated by self-neglect and want of proper nursing | 12 |
Drowning | 25 |
Epilepsy | 2 |
Fracture and dislocation of cervical vertebrae—hanging | 1 |
Gastric Ulcer | 3 |
Heart Disease | 60 |
Heart Failure, the result of general Tuberculosis | 1 |
Influenza | 1 |
Internal haemorrhage due to Glioma of Brain | 1 |
Meningitis | 5 |
Murder | 2 |
Pancreatitis | 1 |
Perforation of Intestines | 1 |
Ptomaine Poisoning | 1 |
Puerperal Eclampeia | 1 |
Senility | 5 |
Septicaemia | 2 |
Shock while undergoing a necessary operation under the influence of an anaesthetic | 3 |
Strangulated Hernia | 2 |
Suffocation caused by coal gas | 2 |
Suffocation caused by swallowing the back of a brass stud | 1 |