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The following List gives the Causes to which Deaths were
attributed by the Coroner or Coroner's Juries.
Appendicitis 1 Status Lymphaticus 2
Bronchitis 7 Senile Decay 3
Carcinoma 1 Valvular Heart Disease 3
Cancer 1 Accidents:
Convulsions 3 Poisoning 1
Congestion of Lungs 2 Gas Poisoning 1
Cerebral Tumor 1 Burns 3
Cerebral Hæmorrhage 3 Drowning 4
Encephalitis Lethargica 1 Knocked down by Bicycle 1
Gastritis 2 Scalds 7
Heat Stroke 1 Fracture of Spine 1
Inanition 4 Run over by Motor 7
Inattention at Birth 1 Strangulation 1
Meningitis 2 Fracture of Skull 4
Marasmus 2 Fracture of Pelvis 1
Nephritis 1 Suffocation 1
Peritonitis 2 Suicides:
Pneumonia 11 Poisoning 1
Septicaemia 4 Gas Poisoning 5
Syncope 23 Cut Throat 3
Toxaemia 2 Hanging 1
Still Born 3 Drowning 2
NURSING ARRANGEMENTS.
General Nursing,—The local medical practitioners petitioned the
Council to use their best efforts to have re-established the District
Nursing Association in Tottenham. The Ministry of Health and other
agencies were approached with a view of ascertaining whether sufficient
financial help would be forthcoming to warrant the reopening of the
work of this Association, but after all prospective sources of revenue
had been investigated, it did not appear that sufficient support was likely
to be given and the matter is still in abeyance.
Midwives.—There are 20 Midwives practising in the district,