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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Natural causes: | |
(Male 69 years) | 1 |
Road Accidents: | |
(Females 77 and 72 years) | 2 |
Rail Accident: | |
(Male 50 years) | 1 |
Misadventure: | |
(Males 79, 76, 53, 52 and 23 years) | 5 |
Accidental Falls: | |
(Male 82 years and Females 80, 74 and 72 years) | 4 |
Home Accident other than Falls: | |
(Male 20 months) | 1 |
Open Verdict: | |
(Male 52 years) | 1 |
Asphyxia (during Epileptic Fit): | |
(Male 51 years) | 1 |
Suicide: | |
(Males 77, 76, 74, 53 and 24 years and Female 40 years) | 6 |
22 |
Infant Mortality.
There were 15 deaths amongst infants under one year of age and
the Infant Mortality rate based on 1,000 live births was 22.2. Of
these deaths 8 occurred in the neonatal period. The neonatal
mortality rate was 11.7. The comparative infant mortality rates for
London and England and Wales were 24.8 and 26.8 respectively.