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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

Hackney 1922

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1922

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Table: Table showing nature of above Suicidal and Accidental Deaths in the Borough of Hackney during the year1922.

Table showing nature of above Suicidal and Accidental Deaths in the Borough of Hackney during the year1922.

Nature of Suicide.No.Nature of Accidental Death.No.
Hanging3Shock from Burns4
Poisoning19Shock from Fall22
Cut Throat2Suffocation4
Shooting—Drowning3
Drowning5Run over11
Run over by train2Fracture of Skull19
Jumping from window4Fracture of Ribs1
Stabbing1Fracture of spine1
Shock from Scalds5
Poisoning1
Others2
3673