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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

Fulham 1894

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1894

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Table: CLASS VII.—DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. Different forms of violence caused 55 deaths.

CLASS VII.—DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. Different forms of violence caused 55 deaths.

Accident or Negligence.
Fractures and ContusionsFalls9
Run Over8
Burns7
Drowning7
Poison1
SuffocationInfants in Bed5
Otherwise2
Other Injuries7
46

Table: Suicide.

Suicide.

Drowning2
Poison4
Hanging1
Jumped from Window1
8

Table: Homicide,

Homicide,

Wound of Throat1
55

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The death-rate from violence was 0.52, as against 0.75 for
London.
CLASS VIII.-ILL-DEFINED AND NOT
SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Under this heading there were 108 deaths, the great
majority, viz., 95, being certified as due to Debility, Inanition,
or Marasmus.