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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
Finchley 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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The Public Mortuary.
Twenty-seven bodies were deposited during the year in the
Public Mortuary in Summers Lane, as against nineteen in the
preceding year; seventeen of these had been parishioners of
Finchley, six of Friern Barnet, one of High Barnet, one of
Newcastle-on-Tyne, and in the case of two infants found dead
the home was unknown.
INQUESTS, 1907.
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart disease | 7 | l | 1 | l | 10 |
| Phthisis | 1 | — | — | — | l |
| Pneumonia | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Acute bronchitis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Found drowned | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Fractured thigh | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Cerebral hœmorrhage | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Under anaesthetic | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Convulsions | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Persistent thymus | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Infants found dead | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 |