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
Bethnal Green 1912
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1912 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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the body chiefly affected by malignant disease in order
of fatality : —
Stomach, Liver and Pancreas 30
Intestines 20
Larynx and (Esophagus 13
Female Organs of Generation 12
Female Breast 10
Rectum 8
Prostate and Male Bladder 7
Lung and Mediastinum 6
Tongue and Mouth 4
INQUESTS.
The Inquests held numbered 257; 104 persons
died violent deaths, of whom 13 committed suicide.
SUICIDES.
Four men and one woman drowned themselves ;
two men and two women hanged themselves; one
woman poisoned herself with opium, another with spirit
of salt and a third with carbolic acid ; a man threw
himself from a roof, and one man and one woman cut
their throats.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS.
1890 to 1903.
Application for exemption was received in respect
of the following premises :—
374, 376 and 378, Hackney Road.
Application was refused, as the premises do not
comply with the requirements ; moreover, they are used
for shops, and various sets of rooms are not selfcontained.
BY-LAWS RELATIVE TO HOUSES LET IN
LODGINGS OR OCCUPIED BY MEMBERS
OF MORE THAN ONE FAMILY.
The By-laws of the Council relating to houses let