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Hackney 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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The causes of death in these cases were:
Males - 20 years (Labourer) Asphyxia due to strangulation by a
ligature.
27 years (Factory Labourer) Multiple injuries of the neck due to
being struck by a train.
29 years (General Dealer) Coal gas poisoning.
32 years (Electrician) Coal gas poisoning.
34 years (Lorry Driver) Coal gas poisoning.
36 years (General Labourer) Coal gas poisoning.
47 years (Master Painter and Decorator) Poisoning by the ingestion of
sive amounts of barbiturate and
amphetamine drugs
51 years (Cabinet Maker) Carbon monoxide poisoning from
inhalation of domestic gas
Paranoid schizophrenia.
54 years (Packer) Coal gas poisoning
55 years (Warehouseman) Coal gas poisoning.
56 years (Polishing Contractor) Carbon monoxide (through coal gas)
poisoning
59 years (Maintenance Engineer) Aspirin poisoning
65 years (Barman) Coal gas poisoning
66 years (Formerly a Switchboard Operator) Barbiturate poisoning (oral)
74 years (An Engineer retired) Coal gas poisoning. Coronary atheroma.
Placed head in gas oven
75 years (Formerly a Sanitary ware fitter) Barbiturate poisoning.
Females - 25 years (Wife of a Jointer) Carbon monoxide poisoning Inhalation
of domestic gas
49 years (Wife of a Ganger) Coal gas poisoning
49 years (Spinster - Shirt Sorter) Barbiturate poisoning (oral)
49 years (Wife of a Gentlemen's Hairdresser) Carbon monoxide poisoning (coal gas).
55 years (Wife of a Printer's Warehouseman) Coal gas poisoning.
59 years (Widow of a Jeweller) Barbiturate poisoning.
62 years (Fur Finisher Barbiturate poisoning Alcohol.
Spinster)
68 years (Wife of Tailor's Machiner Retired) Coal gas poisoning.
70 years (Widow of a Caretaker) Tuinal poisoning.

Suicidal deaths in the borough during the past nine years:-

YearMalesFemalesTotal
19519918
195210717
19539514
1954201333
19556814
195611819
1957101121
195891524
195916925