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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 1899

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 30th, 1899

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Table: From the other classes of Local Diseases there were 310 deaths, viz. : —

From the other classes of Local Diseases there were 310 deaths, viz. : —

Diseases of Digestive System244
„ Urinary „47
„ Lymphatic „2
„ Integumentary „5
„ Bunts and Joints7
„ Organs of Special Sense2
„ Gland – like Organs of uncertain use3
310

Table: CLASS VII. Different forms of violence caused 106 deaths. ACCIDENT OR NEGLIGENCE.

CLASS VII. Different forms of violence caused 106 deaths. ACCIDENT OR NEGLIGENCE.

Run over9
Falls11
Burns8
Poison2
Drowning13
Gunshot Wounds1
Suffocation of infants in bed23
„ „ by food1
Otherwise22- 90

Table: SUICIDE.

SUICIDE.

Cut4
Poison6
Drowning2
Hanging4 — 16
106

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CLASS VIII - ILL - DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Under this heading there were 111 deaths, the majority, viz., 101,
being certified as due to Debility, Marasmus or Inanition.
CERTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
Of the 2,497 deaths registered, 2,295 or 92 per cent, were duly
certified by registered medical practitioners, and 200 or 8 per cent.
by the Coroner after inquest, only 2 or 0.08 per cent, being uncertified.