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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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| Burns | 9 | |
| Drowning | 2 | |
| Falls | 8 | |
| Fractures | 3 | |
| Run over | 3 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 9 | |
| Other accidental causes | 1 | |
| — | 35 | |
| 3. Homicidal Causes:— | ||
| Suicide | 5 | |
| Murder and Manslaughter | 2 | |
| — | 7 | |
| 128 |
The "Natural Causes" were 78 in 1905, and 63 in 1906. The
"Accidental" and "Homicidal Causes" were 85, 49, 59, 62, and
58 in the five preceding years. The deaths from suffocation or
overlying have been 5, 10, 8, 8, 8, 4, respectively in the last six
years; the homicidal causes were 9, 20; 8, 11, 11, and 15 in the
same years. There was a striking reduction last year in the
number of accidents and homicides.
27. Deaths in Public Institutions. Table I. shows the actual
number of deaths occurring in Public Institutions in the Borough,
viz., 296, compared with 278, 272, 261, 313, and 293 in the five
preceding years. Table Ia. shows the Institutions inside and
outside the Borough receiving sick and infirm persons belonging
to the Borough, and Table IVa. shows the number of deaths from
each disease occurring in Public Institutions. The increased
number of deaths in the Infirmary in the past three years is
indicative of the increasing poverty in the Borough.
Small-pox and Vaccination.
28. No cases of Small-pox were notified, compared with nil in
1906 and 7 in 1905. This is the second year since 1899 in which