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 Stepney]
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There were 778 inquests held during the year. The causes of death assigned were as follows:—
Accidents | 80 |
Epilepsy (chiefly accidents while in a fit) | 4 |
Burns and Scalds (chiefly children) | 47 |
Drowning | 14 |
Suicide | 12 |
Murder | 4 |
Manslaughter | 1 |
Infectious Diseases:— | |
Diphtheria | 6 |
Small Pox | 1 |
Erysipelas | 4 |
Septicaemia and Cellulitis | 10 |
Enteric | 1 |
Syphilis | 5 |
Tetanus | 1 |
Cancer | 4 |
Phthisis | 45 |
Tubercular Meningitis | 2 |
Alcohol | 34 |
Opium Poisoning | 1 |
Heat Stroke | 4 |
Apoplexy | 40 |
Bright's Disease | 16 |
Heart Disease | 103 |
Diseases of Liver | 2 |
Diseases of Stomach | 10 |
Summer Diarrhoea | 9 |
Ptomaine Poisoning | 3 |
Diseases of Intestine | 15 |
Pneumonia | 36 |
Bronchitis (chiefly chronic) | 17 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 7 |
Affecting Children— | |
Premature Birth | 27 |
Atalectasis | 8 |
Accidents during birth | 3 |
Inattention at birth | 13 |