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TOTALS.
Infirmaries and Workhouses 76
Hospitals, Sanatoria, Nursing Homes, etc. 134
M.A.B. Hospitals 7
Asylums 63
280
Violent Deaths (excluding Suicide).
24 deaths were classified under this heading as compared with
32 in 1916. Of these 2 were due to burns; 8 to falls; 5 to injuries
caused by being knocked clown by vehicles; 3 to drowning; 2 to
suffocation; 1 to poisoning; 2 accidents to bicycles and 1 under an
anesthetic.
Suicide.
7 persons committed suicide as compared with 4 in 1916. In
1 case death was due to cutting of the throat, 1 to bullet wounds from
a pistol, 1 from hanging. 3 from drowning and 1 from fall from
window.
Section B.
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION AND
CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
SANITARY INSPECTIONS, &c.
1917
Number of Inspections 4441
„ Re-inspections 5491
„ Intimation Notices issued 251
„ Statutory Notices issued 319
,, Notifications sent to "Head Teachers" of Schools
respecting notified cases of infectious disease 186
„ Notifications sent to Medical Officers of Health of
other Boroughs respecting Hampstead children
attending schools in their districts 22
„ Notifications sent to "Head Teachers" of Schools
respecting cases of Measles 1865