London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Rotherhithe 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]

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Sex. Age. Verdict.
M. 54 yrs. Found drowned.
F. 29 „ Gastric ulcer, vomiting, syncope.
M.45 " Excessive drinking, syncope.
M. 3" Exhaustion due to bleeding caused by coming
in contact with another child while playing.
Accidental death.
M. 38 „ Epileptic fit, syncope.
M. 8 „ Found drowned.
F. 38 „ Found drowned.
M. 53 „ Suffocation by hanging. Temporary insanity.
M. 33 „ Fracture of skull caused by getting his head
crushed in planing machine.
M. 33 „ Found Dead from asphyxia on the foreshore
of Thames, probably from excessive drinking
and falling in a certain position.
M. 75 „ Found drowned.
M. 24 „ Found drowned in a bath.
M. 33 „ Suicide by carbolic acid. Temporary insanity.
M. 34 „ Apoplexy accelerated by fall in a fit.
M. 2 „ Inflammation of lungs, syncope.
M. 2 „ Accidentally suffocated by aniseed ball in larynx.
M. 66 „ Fatty heart, syncope.
M. 55 „ Suicide by hanging. Temporary insanity.
F. 8 wks. Accidentally suffocated in bed.
M. 26 days „ „
CHRISTCHURCH-SUB-DISTRICT.
M. 61 yrs. Weak heart, bronchitis, syncope.
F. 70 „ Bronchitis, syncope.
M. 50 „ Found drowned.
M. 45 „ Found drowned.
M. 37 „ Disease of kidneys, hypertrophy of heart.
F. 34 „ Excessive drinking, fatty heart.
F. 15 days Convulsive fit.
M. 44 „ Epileptic fit from excessive drinking.
M. 22 „ Found drowned.
M. 16 „ Accidentally drowned.
F. 5 mos. Convulsive fit.
M. 1 day
F. 50 yrs. Found drowned.
F. 28 „ Suicide by taking phosphorous paste.
F. 28 „ Suicide by jumping off Blackfriars Bridge.
M. 50 „ Accidental fall in street while intoxicated.
M. 54 „ Suicide by cutting throat. Temporary insanity.
M. 57 „ Suicide by hanging. Temporary insanity.
M. 37 „ Rupture of aneurism of aorta.
F. 1 „ Inflammation of lungs following measles.