Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital statistics and the work of the Public Health Department for the years 1914-18 (inclusive)
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56 appendix : records of inquests held.
Finding. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | |||||||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
By Misadventure | 1909-13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | |
„ „ | 1914-18 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ||||
Accidental Causes | 1909-13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 17 | ||||||
1914-18 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 49 | 24 | 23 | 37 | ||||||
Suicides | 1909-13 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | |||||||
„ | 1914-18 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 7 | ... | 2 | ... | |||||||
Murder, Manslaughter | 1909-13 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
„ „ | 1914-18 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
" Open " | 1909-13 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
„ | 1914-18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
"Neglect" | 1909-13 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | |
„ | 1914-18 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ... | |||
By Misadventure | 1909-13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ... | 0 | 0 | |
„ „ | 1914-18 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ... | ... | 0 |
Accidental Causes | 1909-13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
„ „ | 1914-18 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
Suicide | 1909-13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ... | ||||||
„ | 1914-18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 0 | ... | ||||||
By Misadventure | 43 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 100 | ? | ? | 0 | 42 | 100 | 120 | 167 | 200 | ... | 0 | 50 | |
Accidental Causes | 77 | 207 | 150 | 112 | 171 | 267 | 140 | 273 | 133 | 209 | 200 | 250 | |||||
Suicide | 75 | 50 | 73 | 123 | 118 | 91 | 100 | 0 | 200 | ... |
Year. | Local Institutions. (Uncorrected.) | Outlying Institutions. | Corrected Totals. | Equal to per cent of Corrected Deaths. | ||||||||||||
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Totals. | Workhouse. | Infirmary. | St. Mary's Hospital. | Children's Hospital. | Lock Hospital. | Home of Compassion. | Women's Hospital for Children. | Totals. | M.A.B. Hospitals. | General Hospitals. | Special Hospitals and Homes. | Lunatic Asylums. | Poor Law Institutions. | |||
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1904 | 780 | 66 | 261 | 360 | 92 | ... | 154 | 27 | 43 | 31 | 46 | 7 | 582 | 29.89 | ||
1905 | 806 | 91 | 233 | 387 | 91 | ... | 146 | 13 | 48 | 31 | 49 | 5 | 578 | 29.47 | ||
1906 | 775 | 48 | 266 | 356 | 98 | ... | 172 | 35 | 45 | 38 | 43 | 11 | 597 | 32.39 | ||
1907 | 770 | 22 | 325 | 332 | 88 | ... | 205 | 27 | 60 | 36 | 59 | 23 | 655 | 32.52 | ||
1908 | 825 | 57 | 316 | 351 | 91 | ... | 10 | 187 | 30 | 59 | 43 | 42 | 13 | 662 | 34.91 | |
1909 | 813 | 96 | 253 | 362 | 88 | 5 | 9 | 193 | 25 | 49 | 42 | 57 | 20 | 628 | 31.97 | |
1910 | 808 | 105 | 270 | 310 | 104 | 11 | 160 | 16 | 66 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 632 | 35.20 | ||
1911 | 854 | 105 | 293 | 383 | 56 | 9 | 8 | 196 | 45 | 51 | 29 | 59 | 12 | 665 | 34.52 | |
1912 | 798 | 119 | 275 | 304 | 95 | 5 | 211 | 29 | 90 | 34 | 46 | 12 | 677 | 38.23 | ||
1913 | 890 | 139 | 306 | 339 | 99 | 1 | 252 | 56 | 93 | 34 | 56 | 13 | 789 | 39.86 | ||
1914 | 791 | 123 | 301 | 273 | 75 | 11 | 265 | 39 | 82 | 48 | 75 | 21 | 759 | 40.05 | ||
1915 | 922 | 155 | 392 | 269 | 90 | 11 | 5 | 286 | 41 | 82 | 53 | 91 | 19 | 894 | 39.10 | |
1916 | 857 | 119 | 367 | 236 | 109 | 18 | 8 | 250 | 23 | 53 | 54 | 96 | 24 | 799 | 42.50 | |
1917 | 815 | 124 | 378 | 190 | 97 | 17 | 9 | 293 | 39 | 79 | 59 | 97 | 19 | 858 | 41.85 | |
1918 | 726 | 104(d) | 262(d) | 216 | 105 | 29 | 10 | 505 | 37 | 86 | 44 | 135 | 203 | 951 | 42.28 | |
Averages 1904-8 | 791 | 57 | 280 | 357 | 92 | 3 | 173 | 26 | 51 | 36 | 48 | 12 | 615 | 31.60 | ||
1909-13 | 833 | 113 | 279 | 340 | 88 | 6 | 202 | 34 | 70 | 33 | 52 | 13 | 678 | 35. 94 | ||
1914-18 | 822 | 125 | 340 | 237 | 95 | 17 | 8 | 320 | 36 | 76 | 52 | 99 | 57 | 852 | 41.13 |
(а) Opened in 1908; Closed in 1912.
(b) In-patients first received Autumn, 1913.
(c) Including Sanatoria.
(d) Taken over by War Office November, 1918.