London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finsbury 1905
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops
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THE MORTUARIES.
We have two Mortuaries, one at Warwick Place, in the Eastern
Division, and the other at 47, Northampton Road, in the Western
Division. The returns are as follows:—
Northampton
Road
Mortuary.
Warwick
Place
Mortuary.
Total.
Inquest cases 69 51 120
Infectious diseases 5 8 13
Bodies deposited by Borough Orders 7 4 11
Bodies brought for convenience of
relatives, &c.
107 84 191
Total 188 147 335
In addition to the inquests held at the Borough Mortuaries, 88
inquests have been held in places outside the Borough upon bodies
of persons belonging to the Borough, making the total number of
inquests held 208. The verdicts were as follows:—
Natural Causes—
Heart Disease 21
Other Diseases of the
Circulatory System 12
Alcoholism 9
Pneumonia 22
Bronchitis 4
Septic diseases 3
Convulsions 12
Marasmus 4
Prematurity 6
Miscellaneous 24
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Murder—
Fracture of Larynx 1
Suicides—
Poisoning 5
Hanging 2
Stabbing 1
Falls from Windows 2
Drowning 1
12
Accidental—
Suffocation in Bed 27
Fracture of Skull 7
Fractured Limbs, Spine,
etc. 18
Shocks from Scalds 3
Shocks from Burns 9
Complications from Falls 13
Tetanus 1
Poisoning (Accidental) 1
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