Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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.