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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 1896
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1896
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4.- DISEASES OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.
Fifteen deaths were registered in this class, 9 being due to diseases of
parturition.
The total number of deaths recorded as occurring within 21 days of childbirth was 17, the causes assigned being—
| Septic Diseases | 3 |
| Flooding and other accidents of childbirth | 8 |
| Puerperal Convulsions | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 3 |
| Heart Disease | 1 |
| Cystitis | 1 |
| 17 | |
| or one death to 238 births. | |
| From the other classes of Local Diseases there were 131 deaths. | |
Class VII.—Deaths from Violence. Different forms of violence caused 62 deaths.
| ACCIDENT OR NEGLIGENCE. | |||
| Fractures and Contusions | 20 | ||
| Burns | 6 | ||
| Drowning | 2 | ||
| Suffocation | Infants in Bed | 19 | |
| Otherwise | 1 | ||
| Other Injuries | 4 — | 52 | |
| SUICIDE. | |||
| Cut, Stab | 3 | ||
| Poison | 3 | ||
| Drowning | 1 | ||
| Hanging | 2 | 9 | |
| HOMICIDE. | |||
| Manslaughter | 1 | 1 | |
| 62 | |||
Class VIII.—Ill-Defined and Not Specified Causes.
Under this heading there were 104 deaths, the great majority, viz., 100,
being certified as due to Debility, Inanition, or Marasmus.