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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camden) 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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(52)
The juries returned verdicts that 53 died from natural
causes; 21 from accidents, and 3 persons committed suicide.
The causes of death are set forth in the following table:
| Cause of Death. | St. George, Blooms bury. | St. Giles South. | St. Giles North. | Whole District. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from natural causes, exposure, and neglect. | Diseases of the brain and nervous system | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Aneurism and diseases of the heart | 2 | 11 | 3 | 16 | |||
| Diseases of the respiratory organs | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | |||
| Diseases of the alimentary canal | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Haemorrhage before and after labour | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |||
| Debility | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Deaths from accidental causes. | Injury to brain from falling down stairs | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Fractured skulls, run over by cabs | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |||
| Ditto, from fall when cleaning windows | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |||
| Suffocation and burns on body from clothes taking fire | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | |||
| Suffocation, overlaid in bed with parents | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| Deaths from suicide. | Hanging | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Poison | Hydrate of Chloral(1) | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ||
| Opium (1) | |||||||
| Total | 22 | 37 | 18 | 77 | |||
The New Public Mortuary, &c.
The new building in Goldsmith Street, consisting of a
Coroner's Court, post-mortem room, and separate mortuaries
for the temporary reception of bodies, both infectious
and non-infectious, of persons dying in the district, is completed
and in use.
It was formally opened by the Coroner for Central
Middlesex, Dr, Danford Thomas, who thanked your Board