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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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All other accidents Apart from accidents due to motor vehicles, 31 deaths are recorded in the Registrar General's statistics under the classification "all other accidents":-
| Age groups | Males | Females | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | - | 1 | 1 |
| 1-4 years | 1 | - | 1 |
| 5-14 years | 2 | - | 2 |
| 15-24 years | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 25-44 years | 2 | - | 2 |
| 45-64 years | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 65-74 years | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 75 years and upwards | - | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | 14 | 31 |
Details of these cases are as follows:-
| Age | Cause of death |
|---|---|
| Drowning in River Lea. | |
| 8 years | Crushing. Crushed by fall of concrete slab on demolition site. |
| 9 years | Asphyxia due to drowning in river. |
| 17 years | Empyema. Septic infarction of lung due to perforation of rectum sustained when he fell and impaled himself on a broom handle at place of employment. |
| 21 years | Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a train. |
| 21 years | Multiple injuries due to a fall caused by the partial collapse of a scaffolding platform. |
| 21 years | Shock due to burns. Clothing ignited by oil stove. |
| 24 years | Coal gas poisoning. |
| 26 years | Coal gas poisoning. Turned on gas but not all of the burner lighted. |
| 35 years | Drowning. No evidence to show how he got into water. |
| 46 years | Electrocution sustained whilst wiring an electric point (working at private house). |
| 47 years | Pituitary infarction due to fractured skull. Chromophobe adenoma of pituitary. Fall from height. |
| 59 years | Multiple injuries. Fractured skull and lumbar vertebrae ribs. Fall from ladder at work. |
| 59 years | Electrocution during disconnection of electric heater at home. |
| 62 years | Cerebral contusion due to multiple fractures of skull and ribs, sustained when he was unloading timber into a lorry. |
| 71 years | Carbon monoxide poisoning (Coal gas domestic supply). |
| 72 years | Hypostatic pneumonia. Pelvic peritonitis and pulmonary tuberculosis: septic infection wound left hip. Fractured neck of left femur. Fell in hospital. |
| Compression of neck by strap in child's chair. | |
| 19 years | Cerebral contusion and subdural haemorrhage caused when she fell from the horse she was riding. |
| 46 years | Aspirin poisoning accidentally self-administered. |
| 62 years | Cerebral haemorrhage due to hypertension, accelerated by Pott's fracture of ankle and laceration of scalp. Fall on stairs. |
| 67 years | Fractured skull. Fell into area at home. |
| 67 years | Hypostatic pneumonia, fractured wrist and nasal bones. Fall to floor. |
| About 65 to | Asphyxia - drowning. Drowned in river. Circumstances unknown. |
| 70 years | |
| 69 years | Pulmonary embolus following burns caused when her clothing became ignited from the burners of a gas cooker. |
| 70 years | Acute pyelitis and cystitis due to fractured femur sustained when she fell whilst visiting. |
| 71 years | Coal gas poisoning when she was overcome by a leak from a flexible gas tubing. |