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All other accidents. Apart from accidents due to motor vehicles twenty-six
persons* sixteen males and ten females, lost their lives from accidents due to
other causes. Details of age, sex and cause of death are as follows;-
Age Cause of death
Males - 30 Asphyxia when born in bed - mother unattended Want
minutes of attention at birth.
7 Drowning in Navigation Cut.
9 Cerebral contusion, Fractured skull. Pall from
height,
11 Asphyxia due to drowning whilst bathing in River
Thames at Weybridge.
29 Comminuted fractures of skull vault and base, and
laceration of brain sustained when he fell to the
pavement due to collapse of scaffolding,
31 Haemorrhage from an incised wound of the right axila
caused when he walked into a window while sleepwalking.
37 Shock and haemorrhage due to multiple injuries due
to a fall while cleaning windows.
44 Overdose of Soneryl. Circumstances unknown,
45 Laceration of brain with fracture of skull from head
injury
48 Shock from fractured skull and lacerated brain.
49 Shock and haemorrhage due to multiple injuries sustained
following fall at a brewery
49 Cerebral haemorrhage (Right) and fractured skull with
cerebral laceration (Left). Pall down area step.
72 Carbon monoxide poisoning in house that caught fire
(inhaled fumes).
75 Asphyxia from drowning in a slipper bath while
suffering from hypertension and coronary occlusion.
75 Broncho Pneumonia following immersion in River Lea.
79 Broncho Pneumonia due to fracture of femur due to
fall in shop.
Females - 60 Pulmonary embolism following operation for fractured
neck of left femur due to fall at home,
62 Shock and haemorrhage due to multiple injuries sustained
when she was struck down by a train,
70 Broncho Pneumonia Chronic compression of spinal
cord. Dislocation of atlas and axis in cervical
spine. Pall to floor.
70 shock due to bums caused by catching clothing
alight from a gas fire.
70 Pulmonary embolism. Popliteal thrombosis. Fractured
fibula Fall to ground.
76 Pulmonary embolism following a fracture of the
greater trochanter of the left femur caused by fall
at home.
76 Broncho Pneumonia Fractured femur. Pall to floor.
82 Fractured humerus Pall to floor.
88 Broncho Pneumonia following fractured femur caused
by slipping on stairs at home.
88 Pulmonary embolism. Popliteal thrombosis, Fractured
right femur due to fall at home.
Operations of War. One death was certified as due to "operations of war". The
deceased in this case was a man aged 30 years, who died from post traumatic epilepsy
as a result of an old head injury received in a house destroyed by a bomb.