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 Kensington]
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The grounds for holding inquests are, usually, the suddenness
of death, or the circumstance that death had been caused
by violence. In many instances the Coroner's returns show
that the deceased had been "found dead" in bed, or otherwise.
The causes of death may be classified as follows:—
Deaths caused by disease | - | 98 |
Deaths caused by Violence— | ||
Accidental | 50 | |
Suicidal | 14 | |
Homicidal | 2 | |
— | 66 | |
Total | 164 |
The fatal diseases may be classified as follows:—
Diseases of the brain and nervous system
(including convulsions, 9, and spasm of
the glottis,6) 24
Diseases of the circulatory and respiratory
systems- 50
Other visceral diseases 6
Tubercular diseases, including phthisis 4
" Syncope" 5
Zymotic diseases (diphtheria 1," Fever "1) 2
Blood poisoning (abortion); cancer; congenital
malformation; malnutrition ;
malassimilation of food; want of proper
food; and want of care on mother's
part: one death ascribed to each cause 7
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