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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The following table gives the zymotic death-rate in each parish during the past nine years:—
Average, | 1901-5. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woolwich | 1.69 | 1.93 | 1.67 | 1.10 | 1.44 | 0.72 |
Plumstead | 1.53 | 1.37 | 1.67 | 0.84 | 1.01 | 0.64 |
Eltham | 0.88 | 0.83 | 1.02 | 0.77 | 0.29 | 0.43 |
The Borough | 1.51 | 1.49 | 1.34 | 0.92 | 1.06 | 0.63 |
London | — | — | — | — | 1.30 | 1.14 |
24. Inquests. There were 107 inquests, compared with
154, 160, 141, 121, 128, 115, and 105 in the seven preceding
years.
The following table gives particulars as to the cause of death:-
1. | Natural Causes | 59 | |
2. | Accidental Causes:— | ||
Burns and Scalds | 7 | ||
Drowning | 4 | ||
Falls | 5 | ||
Fractures | 6 | ||
Bun over | 3 | ||
Suffocation, overlying | 4 | ||
Poison | 4 | ||
Other accidental causes | 9 | ||
- | 42 | ||
3. | Homicidal causes:— | ||
Suicide | 6 | ||
Murder and Manslaughter | nil | ||
- | 6 | ||
107 |
The "Accidental Causes" were 51, 43, 35, 49, and 23 in
the five preceding years. The "Homicidal Causes" were 11,
15, 7, 15, and 14 in the same years.