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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
St Luke 1893
Report on the sanitary condition, vital statistics, &c., of the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex for the year 1893
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took place at the Coroner's Court belonging to this Parish, and
the cause of death was ascertained by post-mortem examination
in 24 instances.
The remaining 34 inquiries were held at hospitals and
institutions outside our parochial area.
Of the total Inquests, the results were recorded as follows:-
| Infants suffocated in Bed | 18 |
| „ „ by a Caul | 1 |
| „ Hœmorrhage at Birth | 1 |
| Injuries and shock from Burns and Scalds | 3 |
| „ due to falls, blows, &c. | 17 |
| „ „ being run over | 4 |
| Suicides by Shooting | 3 |
| „ „ Cut Throat | 1 |
| „ „ Drowning | 2 |
| „ „ Poison | 1 |
| „ „ Leaping over Holborn Viaduct | 1 |
| „ „ Placing Gunpowder in the Mouth and igniting the same | 1 |
| Death due to Natural Causes | 64 |
| 117 |
Returns of Sickness and Mortality.
At the end of this Report the following tables will be found:
No. I., giving the population, births, and cases of infectious
disease which have come to my knowledge during the year
1893.
No. II., the deaths which have been registered in the Parish,
including also the deaths of parishioners in hospitals and other
institutions outside the sanitary district, classified according to
diseases, ages and localities. These tables are prepared in
accordance with the requirements of the Local Government
Board, in order to insure greater uniformity in the reports of
Medical Officers of Health than has hitherto existed.
Table No. III. is of a more comprehensive character, and
shows the deaths registered from all causes, inclusive of the
deaths of parishioners at hospitals and public institutions
outside the district, but exclusive of the deaths of nonparishioners
at public institutions within the Parish.