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 Tottenham]
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Mortuary Table for the Year 1925.
Bodies Admitted. | No. of Post-Morteros. | No. of Inquests | Deaths from Violence | Deaths from Drowning | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Month | Males | Femal ee | Total | Male; | Females | Total | |||
January | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
February | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | — |
March | 2 | 7 | 9 | — | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | — |
April | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
May | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — |
June | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | — |
July | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | — |
August | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
September | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 14 | — | 1 |
October | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | — |
November | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
December | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 3 | — |
Total | 62 | 51 | 113 | 47 | 44 | 91 | 113 | 39 | 5 |
No. of bodies admitted to await Burial 37.
The following List gives the Causes to which Deaths were attributed by the Coroner or Coroner's Juries:—
Aneurism | 1 | Syphilis | 1 |
Aorta, rupture of | 8 | Tumour on Kidney | .1 |
Arteriosclerosis | 1 | ||
Bronchitis | 5 | Poisoning | 3 |
Cancer | 1 | Gas Poisoning | 7 |
Convulsions | 3 | Hanging | 1 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | 9 | Cut Throat | 5 |
Congestion of Lungs | 1 | Drowning | 3 |
Gastric Ulcer | 1 | Killed on Railway | 1 |
Haemorrhage | 3 | ||
Inanition | 1 | Burns | 1 |
Inattention at Birth | 4 | Run over by Motor | 10 |
Marasmus | 3 | Run over by Tramcar | 1 |