Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1899
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TABLE VIII.
Abstract from Mortuary Register for 1899.
| Date. | Age. | Sex. | Inquest or no. | Post Mortem or no. | Cause of Death. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 9 | Yes | Ye3 | Convulsions | ||
| „ 20 | 27 years | Male | Yes | No | Accidental death |
| „ 23 | 3 weeks | Female | Yes | Yes | Suffocation |
| „ 24 | 36 years | Male | Yes | No | Accidental death |
| „ 27 | 65 | Male | Yes | Yes | Paralysis of the throat |
| Feb. 20 | 51 „ | Female | Yes | Yes | Liver complaint |
| Mar. 4 | 64 „ | Female | Yes | No | Suicide whilst temporarily deranged |
| „ 8 | 20 months | Female | Yes | Yes | Coma following peritonitis |
| April 4 | 57 years | Male | Yes | Yes | Disease of brain and lungs |
| „ 4 | 59 ,, | Female | Yes | Yes | General debility |
| „ 12 | 42 „ | Female | Yes | No | Inflammation of brain, caused by a fall |
| „ 24 | 1 week | Male | Yes | Yes | Inattention at birth |
| „ 26 | 39 year9 | Female | Yes | Yes | Consumption |
| „ 26 | 77 „ | Female | Yes | Yes | Natural causes |
| May 9 | 49 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Syncope, valvular disease of heart |
| „ 21 | newly born | Male | Yes | Yes | Inattention at birth |
| June 12 | 15 days | Male | Yes | Yes | Accidental suffocation |
| „ 12 | 49 years | Female | Yes | Yes | Pleurisy and pneumonia |
| ,, 18 | 70 „ | Male | No | No | |
| July 1 | 54 „ | Male | Yes | No | Suicide during temporary insanity |
| „ 13 | 14 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Fractured skull |
| „ 25 | 62 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Broke blood vessel of lung, probably due to lung disease |
| „ 31 | 44 „ | Male | Yes | No | Accidental death |
| ,, 31 | 28 ,, | Male | Yes | No | Accidental death |
| Aug. 5 | 64 „ | Female | Yes | Yes | Acute inflammation of stomach |
| „ 7 | 40 „ | Male | Yes | No | Accidental death |
| „ 14 | Female | Yes | Yes | Delirium tremens | |
| ,, 23 | 35 „ | Female | Yes | Yes | Hemorrhage in the front of brain |
| „ 27 | 64 „ | Female | Yes | Yes | Heart disease |
| Sep. 13 | 45 „ | Male | No | No | Cancer |
| „ 30 | 51 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Inflammation of the lungs |