Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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The Public Mortuary.
Thirty-three bodies were deposited during the year in the
Public Mortuary in Summers Lane, as against twenty-seven
in the preceding year; twenty-five of these had been
parishioners of Finchley, seven of Friern Barnet, and one of
Hornsey.
INQUESTS, 1908.
1st Quarter. | and Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heart Disease | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
Anæmia | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Convulsions | - | l | - | 1 | 2 |
Persistent Thymus | l | - | - | - | 1 |
Accident | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Congenital Disease | - | l | - | - | 1 |
Epilepsy | - | l | - | - | 1 |
Suicide | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Peritonitis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Disease of Stomach | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Want of Attention at Birth | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 28 |