Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1916 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TOTALS.
Infirmaries and Workhouses | 84 |
Hospitals, Sanatoria, Nursing Homes, etc. | 158 |
M.A.B. Hospitals | 4 |
Asylums | 45 |
291 |
Violent Deaths (excluding Suicide).
32 deaths were classified under this heading as compared with
33 in 1915. Of these 2 were due to burns ; 9 to falls ; 5 to injuries
caused by being knocked down by vehicles ; 2 to drowning and 5 to
suffocation.
Suicide.
4 persons committed suicide as compared with 11 in 1915. In
1 case the cause of death was poisoning, 2 deaths were due to cutting
of the throat, and 1 to bullet wounds from a pistol.
Section B.
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION AND
CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
SANITARY INSPECTIONS, &c
1916
Number of Inspections 6626
„ Re-inspections 9585
„ Intimation Notices issued 567
„ Statutory Notices issued 395
Notifications sent to " Head Teachers " of Schools
respecting notified cases of infectious disease 271
Notifications sent to Medical Officers of Health of
other Boroughs respecting Hampstead children
attending schools in their districts 52
„ Notifications sent to " Head Teachers " of Schools
respecting cases of Measles 698