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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
Edmonton 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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ACCIDENTS
VIOLENT DEATHS 1960 (Excluding Road Traffic Accidents)
| Date | Sex | Age | Cause | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.10.60. | M | 14 | Drowning due to immersion in the water of a gravel pit. | Misadventure |
| 19.6.60. | M | 40 | Salicylate Poisoning. | Open |
| 28.4.60. | M | 64 | Coal Gas Poisoning. | Open |
| 19.2.60. | M | 63 | Shock due to burns sustained when he fell on to domestic coal fire- | Accidental |
| 15.12.60. | M | 71 | Coal Gas Poisoning. | Accidental |
| 29.3.60. | M | 78 | Cerebral Contusion and fracture of pelvis, following fall. | Accidental |
| 16.2.60. | M | 86 | Suppurative Bronchitis following fracture of femur resulting from a fall. | Accidental |
| 9.2.60. | M | 86 | Suppurative Bronchitis following fracture of femur - fall in street. | Accidental |
| 25.12.60. | F | 6 12 | Asphyxia while suffering from acute capillary bronchitis by smoke from smouldering mattress. | Accidental |
| 7.9.60. | F | 19 | Coal Gas Poisoning. | Open |
| 7.3.60. | F | 41 | Coal Gas Poisoning. | Open |
| 11.6.60. | F | 60 | Inhalation of Food | Misadventure |
| 14.4.60. | F | 68 | Hypostatic pneumonia following fracture of femur resulting from a fall. | Accidental |
| 22.5.60. | F | 81 | Fractured pelvis and other injuries caused when she fell from a window | Accidental |
| 26.6.60. | F | 82 | Toxic absorption from pressure sores following fracture of femur due to a fall. | Accidental |
| 9.10.60. | F | 84 | Hypostatic pneumonia following fracture of neck of femur - fall at home. | Accidental |
| 30.1.60. | F | 94 | Suppurative Bronchitis following fracture of femur. | Accidental |
| 12.6.60. | F | 85 | Bronchopneumonia following fractured tibia and fibula - fall at home (getting out of bed). | Accidental |
| 24.5.60. | F | 88 | Bronchopneumonia due to immobilisation following a fracture of neck of left femur occasioned by a fall indoors. | Accidental |
| 20.2.60. | F | 93 | Congestive Cardiac failure associated with fracture of femur - fall at home. | Accidental |
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