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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
Leyton 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Inquests.
The following verdicts on Leyton residents were recorded at inquests held during the year :—
| Accidental. | |
| Knocked down by pedal cycle | 2 |
| ,, „ motor bus | 1 |
| ,, „ motor lorry | 3 |
| ,, ,, motorcar | 2 |
| ,, ,, motor cycle | 2 |
| ,, „ tram car | 2 |
| Collision between motor car and cycle | 1 |
| Collision between motor cycle and motor lorry | 1 |
| Crushed between motor lorry and trailer | 1 |
| Fall from pedal cycle | 1 |
| Thrown from motor cycle while riding pillion | 1 |
| Run over by railway engine at work | 1 |
| Food poisoning | 1 |
| Fractures and falls | 5 |
| Burns | 3 |
| Suicide. | |
| Coal gas poisoning | 7 |
| Lysol poisoning | 2 |
| Drowning | 1 |
| Hanging | 1 |
| Cut throat | 1 |
| Fall from window | 1 |
| Open Verdict. | |
| Asphyxia from drowning | 1 |
| Natural Causes. | |
| Coronary atheroma | 1 |
| Nephritis | 1 |
| Appendicitis | 1 |
| Toxic goitre | 1 |
| Chronic alcoholic poisoning | 1 |
| Septicaemia following gunshot wound received in the Great War | 1 |
| Fatty degeneration of heart muscle accelerated by administration of anaesthetic for operation of circumcision | 1 |
| Pulmonary embolism following rupture of ankle accelerated by operation (manipulation of ankle joint) | 1 |