Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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Coal gas poisoning | 1 |
Fall under train | 1 |
Fall from window | 1 |
Shooting | 1 |
Hanging | 1 |
Bronchitis | 2 |
Cirrhosis of liver | 1 |
Heart disease | 1 |
Heart failure—pregnancy | 1 |
Heart and kidney disease | 1 |
Phthisis | 2 |
Pneumonia | 3 |
Toxaemia | 1 |
Tuberculous meningitis | 1 |
Deaths on the Road.
1936 | 9 |
1937 | 9 |
1938 | 6 |
Deaths of Persons 1-5 Years.Thirteen deaths occurred last year of persons between the ages of one and five years. The deaths were ascribed to the following causes:—
1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Violence | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Measles | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Scarlet fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Whooping cough | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Diphtheria | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Phthisis | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Other tuberculous diseases | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Heart disease | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pneumonia and bronchitis | 11 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
Other diseases | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Totals | 75 | 28 | 33 | 16 | 13 |