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.—(
| Date. | Age. | Sex. | Inquest or no. | Post Mortem or no. | Cause of Death. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 2 | 66 years | Female | Yes | Yes | Misadventure, through deceased having taken opium to produce sleep |
| „ 17 | 50 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Apoplexy |
| „ 17 | 65 ,, | Female | Yes | Yes | Fatty degeneration of heart |
| „ 24 | 40 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Pneumonia |
| Nov. 14 | 4 months | Male | Yes | Yes | Convulsions |
| 15 | 59 years | Female | Yes | Yes | Accidental burns, caused by the explosion of a paraffin lamp |
| „ 19 | 47 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Syncope |
| „ 22 | 19 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Consumption |
| „ 30 | 41 ,, | Male | Yes | Yes | Natural causes, death hastened by alcoholism |
| Dec. 2 | 27 „ | Male | Yes | No | Found drowned |
| „ 2 | 50 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Natural causes, death hastened by alcoholism |
| „ 8 | 4 ,, | Female | Yes | Yes | Diphtheria |
| ,, 8 | Male | Yes | Yes | Rupture of an aneurism by overlifting | |
| „ 16 | 59 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Diseased heart, lungs, kidneys, and spleen |
| „ 18 | 70 „ | Female | Yes | Yes | Heart disease |
| ,. 20 | 53 ,, | Male | Yes | Yes | Consumption and Pneumonia |
| „ 20 | 4 ,, | Male | Yes | Yes | Chronic bronchitis |
| „ 21 | Male | Yes | Yes | Fatty degeneration of heart |