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
Stepney 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Heart Failure | 1 |
| Haemorrhage after circumcision | 1 |
| Inanition | 4 |
| Laryngismus Stridulus | 1 |
| Marasmus | 4 |
| Measles | 3 |
| Murder | 2 |
| Overlain in bed by parents | 29 |
| Pneumonia | 18 |
| Premature births | 17 |
| Ptomaine poisoning | 1 |
| Pyaemia | 1 |
| Rickets | 3 |
| Septicaemia | 1 |
| Sepsis after circumcision | 1 |
| Spasm of Glottis | 5 |
| Status Lymphaticus | 2 |
| Syncope | 2 |
| Tuberculosis | 2 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 |
| 622 |
There were 10 deaths due to accidents caused by Motor omnibuses, 4 by Motor
cars, 2 by Taxicabs and 6 by Electric Trams, an increase of nine deaths from that
in the previous two years.
The following is a list of the Outlying Institutions and the number of residents who died in them during the year:—
| Bethnal Green Infirmary | 6 |
| Butchers' Institution, Fulham | 1 |
| Cancer Hospital | 2 |
| Central London Sick Asylum | 1 |
| Central London Throat and Ear Hospital | 1 |
| Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street | 11 |
| Children's Infirmary, Carshalton | 9 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 2 |
| Cheyne Hospital | 1 |
| City of London Infirmary | 2 |
| City of London Chest Hospital | 9 |
| City of London Sick Asylum | 1 |