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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 Martin-in-the-Fields 1893
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1893
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| Injuries received in a lift | 2 |
| „ „ from being compressed between a van and wall | 2 |
| Injuries to head | 2 |
| Burns—Clothes ignited accidentally | 2 |
| Suffocation (infant) caused by smoke from | 2 |
| a fire 1 | |
| Suffocation (infant) when in bed with | |
| mother—accidental 1 | |
| Drowning | 3 |
| Poison, narcotic (suicide) 1 | 2 |
| „ carbolic acid (suicide) 1 | |
| Wound of throat (suicide) | 2 |
| 56 |
Notification of Infectious Disease.
The number of cases of infectious disease notified during the
year 1893, in conformity with the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, was 151, against 102 of the previous year. The fees paid
to the Medical Practitioners for certifying to these cases amounted
to £15 2s. 0d., which sum is repaid to the Vestry by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board.
Cholera.
This malady again threatened us, but, happily, with little effect.
In London several suspicious cases occurred, some ending in death.
Dr. Shadwell, Cholera Superintendent to the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, in a report states that four undoubted cases of cholera
occurred in Loudon during the year 1893, all ending in death.
They were as follows:—
Date of Death.
1. September 6th
2. „ 11th
3. „ 12th
4. „ 26th
Locality.
Westminster.
Fulham.
Lambeth.
Southwark.