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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
Chislehurst 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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The furniture, etc., of prospective tenants of Council houses
is inspected, and where necessary disinfestation is carried out,
the bedding, etc., being steam disinfected. All Council houses
are disinfested on vacation of tenants.
The work of disinfestation is carried out by the Council's
workmen, the owner of the premises doing any structural
works.
Close observation is kept oij all suspected tenants, and
advice and leaflets arc given to occupants of affected premises.
MORTUARIES.
The following cases were admitted to the Mortuary at Beverwood Road, Chislehurst. during the year:—
| No. | Sex. | Age. | Cause of Death. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90. | F. | 54 years. | Cerebral haemorrhage. |
| 91. | F. | 5 years. | Accidental— shock following burns. |
| 92. | M. | 46 years. | Misadventure— shock and hæmorrhage from internal injuries. |
| 93. | F. | 42 years. | Heart failure. |
| 94. | M. | 63 years. | Cardiac failure due to coronary atheroma. |
| 95. | F. | 9 weeks. | Lobar pneumonia. |
| 96. | M. | 24 years. | Accidental— frecture base of skull. |
| 97. | F. | 59 years. | Cardiac failure duo to dilation and atheroma of aorta. |
| 98. | M. | 78 years. | Hypostatic pneumonia following fall at homo. |
| 99. | F. | 62 years. | Aortic aneurism. |
| 100. | M. | 62 years. | Cholecystitis myocardial degeneration cardiac |
| failure. | |||
| 101. | F. | 8 months. | Misadventure— suffocation by bedclothes while asleep in cot. |
| 102. | M. | 69 years. | Myocardial degeneration. |
| 103. | M. | 59 years. | Myocardial degeneration. |
| 104. | M. | 55 years. | Cerebral hæmorrhage. Chronic nephritis. |
| 105. | F. | 6 years. | Intestinal obstruction. |
| 106. | F. | 18 years. | Accidental— fracture base of skull. |
| 107. | F. | 38 years. | Pulmonary embolism. |
| 108. | M1. | 49 years. | Acute pneumonia. Natural causes. |
| 109. | M. | 61 years. | Syncope. Angina pectoris. Myocardial degcration. |
| 110. | M. | 65 years. | Chronic bronchitis. Degeneration heart. Cardiac failure. |
| 111. | F. | 65 years. | Pulmonary oedema (acute) due to myocardial degeneration. |
| 112. | M. | 51 years. | Lysol poisoning. Suicide whilst of unsound mind. |
| 113. | M. | 28 years. | Suicide— coal gas poisoning. |
| 114. | M. | 57 years. | Heart failure. |
| 115. | F. | 76 years. | Pneumonia and cardiac degeneration. |
| 116. | M. | 56 years. | Drowning— suicide whilst of unsound mind. |
| 117. | M. | 33 years. | Fatty degeneration. |
| 118. | M. | 36 years. | Accidental— fracture base of skull. |
| 119. | M. | 30 years. | Aortic stenoeis. |
| 120. | M. | 67 years. | Rupture of left ventricle due to chronic myocarditis. Natural causes. |
| 121. | M. | 66 years. | Myocardial degeneration. Natural causes. |
| 122. | F. | 75 years. | Cerebral hæmorrhage. Arterio sclerosis. |
| 123. | F. | 3 days. | Asphyxiation duo to overlying. |