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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

Paddington 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table:

Cause of Death.AGES.TOTAL.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. (Continued.)
3.—Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds...............2......1......3
Cut, Stab............. . .......1......2
Poison............1111.........4
Drowning............1...2............3
Hanging............1...1............2
Otherwise........................1......1
4.—Execution.
Hanging....................................
VIII.—DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Dropsy....................................
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition733...........................77
Mortification........................21...4
Tumour......1.........1122...5
Abscess1...............1............2
Haemorrhage....................................
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained)....................................
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined1.........1...............13