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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
Havering 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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no deaths were associated with child birth. However, deaths from
accident and suicide increased (73 compared with 64 in 1967)
These included 20 deaths from motor traffic accidents, 30 from
other accidents, 20 from suicide and 3 from other external
causes. Continued emphasis on safety in home, on the roads, and
at work is clearly necessary. The number of deaths from suicide
fluctuates from year to year, 24 in 1966 — 9 in 1967 — 20 in
1968. More widespread understanding of the nature of depressive
illness and the need for urgent treatment of acute depression
may result in a lowering of these numbers.
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