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 Woolwich]
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The following table gives the rate in each parish for the past four years:—
1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Woolwich | 3.8 | 1.61 | 1.74 | 1.08 |
Plumstead | 2.1 | 1.42 | 2.20 | 0.92 |
Eltham | 0.33 | 1.51 | 0.19 | 0.84 |
26. Inquests.—There were 160 inquests compared with 145,
154 and 154 in the three preceding years.
The following table gives particulars as to causes of death:—
1. Natural causes | 70 | |
70 | ||
2. Accidental causes:— | ||
Burns | 11 | |
Drowning | 2 | |
Falls | 6 | |
Fractures | 4 | |
Misadventure | 27 | |
Run over | 5 | |
Suffocation, being overlain in bed | 10 | |
65 | ||
3. Homicidal causes:— | ||
Suicide | 18 | |
Murder and Manslaughter | 2 | |
20 | ||
4. Found drowned | 4 | |
Exposure | 1 | |
— | 5 | |
Total | 160 |
Of the above, 5 were certified by the Coroner to be accelerated
by alcoholism.