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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 1898

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1898

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Table: The total number of deaths recorded as occurring within 21 days of childbirth was 12, the causes assigned being—

The total number of deaths recorded as occurring within 21 days of childbirth was 12, the causes assigned being—

Septic Diseases4
Scarlet Fever1
Puerperal Convulsions1
Other Accidents of Childbirth2
Heart Disease2
Other Diseases2

Table: or 1 death to every 358 births. From the other classes of Local Diseases there were 217 deaths, viz.: —

or 1 death to every 358 births. From the other classes of Local Diseases there were 217 deaths, viz.: —

Diseases of Digestive System157
„ Urinary „43
„ Lymphatic „2
„ Integumentary „5
„ Bones and Joints5
„ Organs of Special Sense5

Table: CLASS VII. Different forms of violence caused 85 deaths. ACCIDENT OR NEGLIGENCE.

CLASS VII. Different forms of violence caused 85 deaths. ACCIDENT OR NEGLIGENCE.

Run over11
Falls16
Burns9
Poison2
Drowning1
Suffocation of infants in bed23
„ by food1
Otherwise14 — 77

Table: SUICIDE.

SUICIDE.

Cut1
Poison3
Drowning2
Hanging1 — 7

Table: HOMICIDE.

HOMICIDE.

Manslaughter1 — 1
85