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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

Acton 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: INQUESTS

INQUESTS

Asphyxia1
Drowning2
Poisoning due to drugs4
Coal gas poisoning6
Heart Disease1
Falls at home8
Road Accidents9
Other causes2
TOTAL33

Table: POST MORTEMS, WITHOUT INQUEST

POST MORTEMS, WITHOUT INQUEST

Respiratory causes21
Heart Disease5
Circulatory causes51
Cerebral Thrombosis9
Cancer7
Intestinal Causes7
Other Causes7
TOTAL107

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SECTION B
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA
LABORATORY FACILITIES
These continue as in previous years. The Ministry of Health
Emergency Medical Service provides a Pathological Service at the
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital Laboratory at Ealing.
The following Table gives the types, and number, of specimens
submitted for examination.