Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The eleventh annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1899
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TABLE XII.
Abstract from Mortuary Register for 1899.
Number of bodies received, 77. Average number yearly for the past nine years, 53.
No. | Date.- | Sex. | Age in Years. | Residence. | Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | January 2 | f | 58 | 16, Sandy H ill | Syncope from Heart Disease | |
2 | „ 3 | m | 4/12 | 8, Dicev Street | Suffocation | |
3 | „ 13 | m | 43 | 13, Glenakon Street | Injuries caused by fall of chimney stack | |
4 | „ 13 | m | 19 | R. A. Barracks | Syncope following operation | |
5 | ,, 22 | m | 37 | Found in Thames | Accidentally drowned | From Tidal Basin. |
6 | ,, 24 | m | 31 | Unknown | Syncope | |
7 | „ 27 | m | 36 | 10, Ropeyard Rails | Cystitis | |
8 | „ 31 | m | 19 | Found in Thames | Accidentally drowned | Unidentified. |
9 | February2 | m | 66 | 90. High Street | Bronchitis | |
10 | ,, 6 | m | 9/52 | 6, Brigade Terrace | Suffocation | |
11 | „ 28 | m | 39 | $0, Brenton Street, Limehouse | Accidental fall down ship's hold | |
12 | March 4 | m | 19 | Found in Thames | Accidentally drowned | From Harwich. |
13 | „ 6 | f | 64 | 5, Catherine Square | Bronchitis and Pneumonia | |
14 | ,, 13 | m | 22 | A.S.C. Barracks | Meningitis | |
15 | ,, 14 | f | 1 6/12 | 25, Gildersome Street | Convulsions | |
16 | „ 18 | m | 39 | 12, Robert Street | Apoplexy | |
17 | „ 27 | m | 4/12 | 11, Dicey Street | Suffocation | |
18 | „ 27 | f | 67 | 15, Kidd Street | Syncope | |
19 | ,, 27 | f | 33 | 105, Crescent Road, Plumstead | Natural Causes | |
20 | April 5 | f | 1/52 | 33, Union Street | Convulsions | |
21 | „ 5 | f | 8/12 | Caravan in Charlton | Accidentally burned | |
22 | „ 8 | m | 50 | 57, Nightingale Vale | Heart disease | |
23 | „ 13 | m | 72 | R.A. Barracks | Senile decay | |
24 | „ 17 | m | 46 | 14, Frances Street | Suicide by cutting throat | |
25 | ,, 24 | m | 40 | Found in Thames | Accidently drowned | |
26 | May 2. | f | 17 | Found in Thames | Found drowned | Of Globe Lane, Woolwich. |
27 | „ 5 | m | 78 | 9, Reidhaven Road, Plumstead | Accidental fall | |
28 | „ 5 | f | 5/12 | 5, Delvan Street | Pneumonia | |
29 | ,, 19 | m | new born | Found in Rectory Grove | Want of proper attention | |
3° | „ 19 | m | 2/52 | 77. High Street | Improper feeding | |
31 | „ 22 | m | new born | Found in Marshes | Want of proper attention | |
32 | ,, 28 | m | 24 | 9, Leonard Street, Silvertown | Injuries caused by fall of iron skip | |
33 | „ 30 | m | 23 | 46, Albert Road, North Woolwich | Injuries caused by fall of iron skip | |
34 | „ 9 | f | 39 | 53, High Street | Nephritis | |
35 | June 1. | m | 30 | Found in R.M. Repository Pond | Suicide by drowning | Unidentified. |
36 | „ 3- | m | 50 | Found in Dockyard | Accidentallv drowned | |
37 | „ 5 | m | 38 | East Street, Charlton | Natural causes |