London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1972
Report of the Medical Officer of Health
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Table 27 — Scabies — Number of Persons treated at Lissonia and Wedlake Street Baths
| Adults | Children | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | ||
| 1965 | 96 | 74 | 170 | 27 | 50 | 77 | 247 |
| 1966 | 115 | 93 | 208 | 25 | 62 | 87 | 295 |
| 1967 | 138 | 174 | 312 | 32 | 108 | 140 | 452 |
| 1968 | 129 | 114 | 243 | 40 | 139 | 179 | 422 |
| 1969 | 137 | 183 | 320 | 63 | 191 | 254 | 574 |
| 1970 | 123 | 55 | 178 | 35 | 38 | 73 | 251 |
| 1971 | 114 | 37 | 151 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 235 |
| 1972 | 60 | 4 | 64 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 105 |
Table 28 — Coroner's Court and Mortuary
| 1972 | 1971 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bodies received in the Mortuary on Coroner's Warrants etc. | 1,313 | 1,192 |
| Bodies deposited to await burial | 14 | 5 |
| Inquest cases | 313 | 289 |
| Non-inquest cases | 1,014 | 908 |
| Post-mortem examinations held | 1,305 | 1,184 |
| The verdicts returned by H.M. Coroner in the foregoing cases were as follows: — * | ||
| Accidental drowning | 3 | 3 |
| Found drowned | 4 | 5 |
| Suicide by drowning | 8 | 5 |
| Suicide by other means | 86 | 101 |
| Accidents: | ||
| Street | 44 | 22 |
| Domestic | 26 | 20 |
| Others | 45 | 49 |
| Natural causes | 1,007 | 906 |
| Misadventure | 3 | 3 |
| Murder | 7 | 20 |
| Miscellaneous causes | 65 | 52 |
| Awaiting proceedings at Central Criminal Court | 15 | 6 |
| * Excluding bodies brought in to await burial |