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 Leyton]
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Suffocation, Otherwise | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
Falls not specified | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 7 |
Weather Agencies | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Otherwise, not stated | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 9 |
Homicide | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
By Poison | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
By Asphyxia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
By Hanging and Strangulation | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
By Drowning | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
By Shooting | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
By Cut or Stab | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
By Precipitation from Elevated Places | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
By Crushing | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
By other and unspecified methods | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Execution | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Sudden Death, cause not ascertained | _ | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
Ill-defined and unspecified causes | 1 | *? | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
Totals, Sheet No. 4 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | – | 63 |
Totals, Sheet No. 3 | 232 | 267 | 62 | 36 | 10 | – | 7 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 44 | 73 | 120 | 69 | 11 | 499 |
Totals, Sheet No. 2 | 235 | 249 | 13.1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 46 | 61 | 79 | 68 | 32 | 484 |
Totals, Sheet No. 1 | 238 | 189 | 119 | 106 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 42 | 38 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 3 | – | 427 |
Grand Totals | 744 | 728 | 327 | 154 | 39 | 17 | 21 | 30 | 76 | 11 | 123 | 159 | 214 | 43 | 1,473 | |
* Sex not ascertained. |