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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
Paddington 1901
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1901
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ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.
| TABLE 35. Inquests on Residents—1901. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finding of Jury. | Registration Sub-Districts. | |||||
| St. Mary. | St. John. | North-West Paddington. | ||||
| M. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | |
| Natural Causes | 33 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| By Misadventure | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| By Accident | 31 | 11 | 5 | .. | 5 | 2 |
| Suicide | 4 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. |
| Manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Murder | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Neglect at Birth | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Self Neglect | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Weather Agencies | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| “Open ” | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 78 | 48 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
Notes of Cases.
| Deaths by Misadventure—4. | ||||
| 1 epileptic, drowned in bath. | 2. poison taken for drink. | |||
| 1 choked by food. | ||||
| Deaths by Accident—54. | ||||
| Vehicular traffic 6 | Clothes catching fire Scalds | 8 | Falls, various | 17 |
| Railway traffic 5 | Overlaid in bed | 10 | ||
| Building operations 3 | Drowning | 2 | Suffocated | 1 |
| Explosion of steam pipe Wounded by skewer | 1 each. | |||
Weather Agencies—5.
All heat apoplexy.
"Open"—2.
M., 50, found drowned in Regent's Canal.
M., newly bom, found dead in street, cause of death "congestion of brain."
Suicides—13. Males, 8; Females, 5.
| M. | f. m. f. |
| Poison 3 | 3 Cut-throat 1 - |
| Hanging 1 | - Jump from window, &c. 1 - |
| Shooting 2 | 1 Crushing 1 |
Hospital Accommodation.—There was some slight delay in securing accommodation during
the early weeks of the fourth quarter, owing to the sudden demand for beds for small-pox. This
demand involved the clearing of hospitals near Dartford which had in the earlier part of the year
been in use for convalescents from the fever hospitals. The trouble only lasted for two or three
weeks, and was not acute at any time.