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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
Merton and Morden 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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DEATHS.
The number of registered deaths after adjustment by
transferable deaths, is given below:—
575 total deaths, of which 304 were males and 271 females.
The Seasonal mortality is indicated by the deaths for
each quarter of the year, which were:—
First quarter 166
Second quarter 166
Third quarter 131
Fourth quarter 167
| (1) Natural causes | 5 | |
| (2) Suicide by— | ||
| Coal gas poisoning | 2 | 3 |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| (3) Accidental deaths— | ||
| Electrocution on railway | 1 | 6 |
| Bullet wound in chest | 1 | |
| Collision with object while leaning out of train | 1 | |
| Fall from scaffolding | 1 | |
| Collision with lorry while riding pedal cycle | 1 | |
| Fall in home | 1 | |
| (4) Misadventure— | ||
| Hemorrhage into a cyst adenoma of thyroid gland accelerated by administration of Sodium Amytal and paraldehyde for acute melancholia | 1 | 2 |
| Hæmorrhage following dissection of tonsils | 1 | |
| — | 16 | |
Road accidents were responsible for 3 of the total deaths
compared with 4 in 1942.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Diseases of the heart as usual head the list of causes of
death, and second place is taken by Cancer, which again shows
a slight increase.
Deaths from Tuberculosis, however, have fallen this year
compared with the figures for the previous nine years.
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