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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
Paddington 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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172
Cause of Death.
AGES.
TOTAL.
0
to
1
1
5
5
to
15
15
to
25
25
to
35
35
to
45
45
to
55
55
to
65
65
to
75
75
to
85
85
& upwards.
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
(Continued.)
3.—Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds
1
1
2
Cut, Stab
1
...
...
. . .
1
Poison
1
...
2
1
• • »
4
Drowning
1
1
1
3
Hanging
Otherwise
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
4.—Execution.
-
Hanging
...
...
...
... ;
...
...
•"
...
...
...
...
VIII.-DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED
AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Dropsy
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition
47
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
49
Mortification
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
1
...
5
Tumour
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
...
...
...
3
Abseess
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Hæmorrhage
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2