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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
Greenwich 1908
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1908
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External Causes. There were 65 deaths given as due to
causes grouped under this heading; 56 were the result of
accident or negligence, and the remaining 9 were from Suicide.
Suffocation, by being overlaid in bed, was the cause of
death of 7 children under five years of age; 10 cases were from
drowning, while accidents on railways, in vehicular traffic and in
building operations and falls were responsible for 39 deaths.
The Suicides were by hanging in 4 cases, drowning 2, and
1 each to cut or stab, asphyxia, and precipitation from elevated
places.
No death has been left so insufficiently described as to need
classification under the ill-defined causes heading, and this is a
most satisfactory feature.
MORTUARY. The number of bodies dealt with in the Mortuary since 1896, is shewn below:
| Year. | Drowned Hod it's from River. | Other bodies. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 11 | 33 | 44 |
| 1897 | 11 | 47 | 58 |
| 1898 | 15 | 32 | 47 |
| 1899 | 17 | 45 | 62 |
| 1900 | 7 | 66 | 73 |
| 1901 | 13 | 126 | 139 |
| 1902 | 13 | 95 | 108 |
| 1903 | 20 | 118 | 138 |
| 1904 | 15 | 155 | 170 |
| 1905 | 10 | 137 | 147 |
| 1900 | 10 | 124 | 134 |
| 1907 | 11 | 145 | 156 |
| 1908 | 20 | 125 | 145 |
Notifications under the Provisions of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. During the year 887 cases
have been notified under the above Act, as compared with 1,134,
1,221, and 671 cases, respectively, in the preceding years, 1907,
1906, and 1905.
Small-pox. No case of this disease was notified during the
year in persons residing in this Borough.