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
Wandsworth 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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deaths not certifed. Nineteen such cases occurred in 1885. Of
these eleven were submitted to the Coroner,
who deemed an inquest unnecessary, all being from
natural causes and the circumstances not being of a
nature to justify a formal enquiry.
In the last case, a concealed case of Small-pox proved
fatal, no medical man being called in. The case is the
subject of comment elsewhere.
inquests. in addition to eleven cases of uncertified
death in which an informal inquiry by the Coroner took
place, forty-five inquests have been held during the year.
In all investigation in fifty-six cases of death have been
made by him.
The particulars of the cases in which inquests have
been held may be summarised as follows ;—
In the eight cases in which the most objectionable course was taken of registering the death without either a medical certificate or the Coroner's authority the following aie the details :—
| Age 11 months | Diarrhoea Convulsions | attended by an unregistered practitioner. |
|---|---|---|
| „ 8 days | Convulsions | „ |
| ,, 4 months | Consumption | „ |
| „ 4 hours | Convulsions | attended by a midwife. |
| „ 6 days | „ | „ |
| ,, 30 hours | „ | „ |
| ,, (not stated) | Premature Birth | „ |
| „ 15 years | Small-pox | no medical attendant. |