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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 1896
Report on the sanitary condition, vital statistics, &c., of the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex for the year 1896
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Inquests.
One hundred and seventeen Inquests were held on the bodies
of Parishioners during the year, being at the rate of 11.0 per
cent of the total deaths. Eighty-three inquiries (three being as
to the cause of death on non-parishioners) took place at the
Coroner's Court belonging to this Parish, and the cause of death
was ascertained by post-mortem examination in 44 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:—
| Deaths due to Natural Causes | 58 |
| Accident or Neglect— | |
| Deaths due to Injuries the result of blows, falls, etc. | 9 |
| ,, ,, from burns | 6 |
| „ ,, being run over | 5 |
| „ improper feeding | 1 |
| „ Drowning | 2 |
| Suffocation—accidental | 1 |
| „ while in bed with parents | 24 |
| „ „ Drink | 1 |
| From neglect at birth | 1 |
| Alcjiolic excess | 4 |
| Suicide by Hanging | 1 |
| „ Drowning | 1 |
| ,, Poison | 2 |
| Still-born | 1 |
| 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 1896.
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 ensure greater uniformity in the reports of
Medical Officers of Health than has hitherto existed.