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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
Hendon 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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SENILE MORTALITY.
167 Deaths of residents over 65 years of age were registered,
a percentage of 37 of the total deaths of residents.
INQUESTS.
The following table shows the cause to which Deaths were attributed by Coroner's Juries :—
| Natural Causes. | Accidents and Misadventures. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatty degeneration of heart | 5 | Dislocated atlas through fall | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of lungs, kidney, etc. | 1 | Injuries through breaking of steel bond of | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | excavator | 1 |
| Cerebral haemorrhage | Run over | 6 | |
| Fell out of boat—fatty degeneration of heart, failed to reach shore | |||
| Valvular heart disease | 1 | 1 | |
| Myocardial degeneration | 1 | ||
| Pneumonia | 1 | Squeezed between two motor buses | 1 |
| Chronic alcoholism | 1 | Injuries caused by fire | 1 |
| Inattention at birth | Strangled by strap placed in cot to keep child in | 1 | |
| Hydrocephalus, epileptic fit | 1 | Drowning | 1 |
| Heat exhaustion | 1 | Spirit of Salts poisoning | 1 |
| Meningitis following scalds | |||
| Arterio sclerosis | 1 | 1 | |
| Atheroma of coronary arteries | 1 | Fractured skull through fall | 1 |
| Suicides. | |||
| Revolver bullet wounds | 2 | ||
| Drowning | 2 | ||
| Coal gas poisoning | 4 | ||