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 Woolwich]
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T able IX.—
| Date. | Age. | Sex. | Inquest or no. | Post Mortem or no. | Cause of Death. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Aug. | 20 years | F | No | No | Scarlet Fever |
| 4th „ | 5 months | F | Yes | Yes | Inflammation of the stomach, terminating in convulsions |
| 6th „ | 84 years | F | Yes | No | Injury to left hip ; result of a fall |
| 14th „ | 6 weeks | M | Yes | Yes | Congestion of left lung |
| 14th „ | 9 months | M | Yes | No | Shock from burns |
| 16th „ | .. | .. | Yes | Yes | Syncope from heart disease catarrh of the stomach and bowels |
| 17th „ | 38 years | F | Yes | Yes | Exhaustion from delirium tremens |
| 22nd „ | 72 „ | F | No | No | Failure of the heart's action |
| 9th Sept | 29 „ | M | Yes | No | Suicide during temporary insanity |
| 13th „ | 110/12 | F | Yes | Yes | Congestion of lungs |
| 15th „ | 52 „ | F | No | No | Heart disease and dropsy |
| 18th ,, | 36 ,, | M | Yes | No | Delirium tremens and pneumonia |
| 24th ,, | 47 „ | F | Yes | Yes | Syncope from hemorrhage |
| 25th ,, | 38 ,, | M | Yes | Yes | Hemorrhage into the pericardium |
| 27th „ | 65 „ | M | No | No | |
| 2nd Oct. | 55 ,, | 51 | No | No | Apoplexy |
| 7th „ | 56 „ | M | Yes | No | Suicide during temporary insanity; asphyxia from hanging |
| 8th ,, | 60 „ | M | Yes | Yes | Consumption |
| 19th „ | 19 „ | M | No | No | Consumption |
| 2nd Nov. | 58 ,, | M | No | No | Natural causes |
| 13th ,, | 11 months | F | Yes | Yes | Inflammation of lungs |
| 19th „ | 59 years | M | Yes | Yes | Acute bronchitis and Bright's disease |
| 1st „ | 32/12 „ | M | Yes | No | Shock following accidental burns |
| 23rd „ | 12 hours | M | Yes | Yes | Convulsions |
| 23rd „ | 76 years | F | Yes | Yes | Heart disease; fracture of the right hip bone, the result of a fall in Bethnal Green ; death being accelerated by the fall |
| 26th „ | 29 „ | M | Yes | Yes | Apoplexy following lead poisoning; cerebral hemorrhage |
| 27th „ | 13 „ | M | Yes | Yes | Convulsions |
| 28th „ | 11 days | F | Yes | Yes | Pneumonia |
| 3rd Dec. | 7 months | M | Yes | Yes | Pneumonia |
| 3rd ,, | 39 years | M | Yes | No | Bronchitis, pneumonia, and chronic alcoholism |
| 10th „ | 3 months | M | Yes | Yes | Accidental suffocation from overlaying |
| 16th „ | 33 years | F | Yes | Yes | Suicide whilst mentally deranged by perforating the peritoneum with a cane |
| 26th „ | 4 weeks | F | Yes | Yes | Asphyxia |
| 27th „ | 81 years | M | Yes | Yes | Paralysis of the brain |
| 27th ,, | 58 „ | F | Yes | Yes | Syncope from heart disease |