London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Willesden 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Homicide by firearms | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Homicide by cutting or piercing instruments | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Homicide by other means | — | — | — | — | —. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Attack by venomous animals | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Accidental absorption of irrespirable or poisonous gas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other acute accidental poisoning (not by gas) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Conflagration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Accidental burns (Conflagration excepted) | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Accidental mechanical suffocation | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||
| Accidental drowning | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Accidental injury by firearms | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Accidental injury by cutting or piercing instruments | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Accidental injury by fall, crushing, etc | 42 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | _ | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 28 |
| Cataclysm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Injury by animals (poisoning by venomous animals excepted) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | •— | — |
| Hunger or thirst | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Excessive cold | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Excessive heat | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lightning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Electricity (lightning excepted) | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Other and unstated forms of accidental violence | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Violent deaths of unstated nature [i.e. accidental, suicidal, etc.) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Wounds of war | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Execution of civilians by belligerent armies | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Execution | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sudden death | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cause of death unstated or ill.defined | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 1,940 | 119 | 68 | 33 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 116 | 98 | 193 | 340 | 426 | 353 | 102 | 1079 |