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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
Hackney 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Age | Cause of death | |
|---|---|---|
| Males | 54 years | Asphyxia by coal gas poisoning accidentally occasioned whilst working in the course of his employment on a gas main. |
| 55 „ | Fractured spine and other multiple injuries. Struck by railway train at work. | |
| 63 „ | Pulmonary embolism due to intercostal haemorrhage and pleural effusion due to fractured ribs sustained when he fell down the hold of a barge he was loading. | |
| 64 „ | Depressed facture of the occipital regions of the skull. Steel wire of hoist unplayed and asbestos boards struck deceased. | |
| 74 „ | Contusion of the brain and subdural haematoma resulting from a fall (fall on stairs at home). | |
| 76 „ | Pulmonary embolism. Left popliteal phlebo-thrombosis, Quadraplegia and purulent bronchitis. Fractured cervical spine. Fall down stairs. | |
| 77 „ | Broncho pneumonia from senility. Fractured left femur caused by a fall at home. | |
| 82 „ | Broncho pneumonia. Fractured femur. Fall on stairs. | |
| 82 „ | Broncho pneumonia due to chronic bronchitis. Fractured right femur and ulna sustained when he fell down steps. | |
| 86 „ | Fractured femur. Fall to floor. | |
| Females - | Newly born (Unknown) | Want of attention at birth. |
| 40 years | Methaemoglobinaemic poisoning by metal hydroquinine injected rectally for radiographic examination. | |
| 51 „ | Coal gas poisoning. Collapsed from minor exertion without being able to light gas ring already turned on. | |
| 53 „ | Spirits of salts poisoning taken in mistake for lemonade. | |
| 64 „ | Coal gas poisoning. Collapsed from mitral stenosis after turning on gas tap. | |
| 68 „ | Methaemoglobinaemic poisoning by metal hydroquinine injected rectally for radiographic examination. | |
| 68 „ | Pulmonary embolism. Phlebo-thrombosis of left femoral vein. Fractured femur. Fall to floor. | |
| 68 „ | Drowning. | |
| 72 „ | Suppurative bronchitis following fracture of pelvis following fall at home. | |
| 77 „ | Fat embolism. Fractured femur. Fall to floor. | |
| 77 „ | Hypostatic pneumonia following burns due to her clothing becoming ignited by an electric fire. | |
| 79 „ | Fractured humerus, wrist and femur. Fall to floor. | |
| 80 „ | Myocardial infarction and coronary thrombosis following burns. | |
| 83 „ | Fractured femur. Fall to floor. | |
| 85 „ | Broncho pneumonia. Fractured femur. Fall at home. | |
| 91 „ | Collapsed left lung due to fractured ribs when she fell at home | |
| 95 „ | Fractured femur. Fall to floor. |
Homicide (Infanticide). There was one case of infanticide, a male
child aged 11 months. The cause of death was certified as coal gas
poisoning. The mother was charged with murder, and was found guilty of
infanticide.
Coronary disease, angina pectoris. Deaths classified under this cause
group totalled 315, or approximately 17 per cent. of the total deaths
for the year. There were 277 deaths from this disease in 1955 and 291
in 1954. Comparative death rates per 1,000 population from this
disease over the last seven years are as follows:-