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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
Woolwich 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Inquests.
22. There were 154 inquests compared with 145 in 1900. The following table gives particulars as to the causes of death :
| 1. Natural Causes | 86 | |
| 2. Accidental Causes— | ||
| Burns | 4 | |
| Drowning | 12 | |
| Falls | 12 | |
| Fractures | 2 | |
| Misadventure | 4 | |
| Run Over | 5 | |
| Suffocation by being overlain in bed | 2 | |
| — | 41 | |
| 3. Homicidal Causes— | ||
| Suicide | 20 | |
| Murder, Manslaughter | 2 | |
| — | 22 | |
| 4. Found Drowned | 4 | |
| Exposure | 1 | |
| 154 | ||
Of the above 20 were certified by the Coroner to be
accelerated by alcoholism.
Uncertified Deaths.
23. There were 20 uncertified deaths, 10 being in Woolwich
Parish and 10 in Plumstead. The rate per 1000 deaths was
1.1 in the Borough, 1.2 in Woolwich Parish, and 1.0 in Plumstead.
This is the lowest rate I have yet recorded in Plumstead,
the rates in the five preceding years having been 2.9,
1.3, 4.1, 3.4 and 2.7.