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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 1909
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1909
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Integumentary System. Diseases of this class were the
cause of two deaths.
External Causes. There were 47 deaths given as due to
causes grouped under this heading; 39 were the result of
accident or negligence, and the remaining 8 were from Suicide.
Suffocation, by being overlaid in bed, was the cause of
death of 1 child under five years of age; 4 cases were from
drowning, while accidents on railways, in vehicular traffic and in
building operations and falls were responsible for 34 deaths.
The Suicides were by hanging in 3 cases, 2 by cut or stab,
and 1 each by asphyxia, poison and shooting.
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 Bodies 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 |
| 1909 | 7 | 124 | 131 |
Notifications under the Provisions of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. During the year 879 cases
have been notified under the above Act, as compared with 887,
1,134, and 1,221, respectively, in the preceding years, 1908, 1907.
and 1906.
Small-pox. No case of this disease was notified during the
year in persons residing in this Borough.