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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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Cause op Death.
Sub-district.
Total
1st Quarter.
Sub-district.
Total
2nd Quarter.
Sub-district.
Total
3rd Quarter.
Sub-district.
Total
4th Quarter.
Total Deaths.
TOTAL.
St.
Mary 's.
St.
John's.
St.
Mary's.
St.
John's.
St.
Mary's.
St.
John's.
St.
Mary's.
St.
John's.
St.
Mary's.
St.
John's.
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
(Continued.)
3.—Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
1
1
1
2
Cut, Stab
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Poison
2
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
4
...
4
Drowning
1
...
1
2
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
3
Hanging
...
...
...
...
...
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...
...
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...
Otherwise
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
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...
...
1
1
4.—Execution.
Hanging
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VIII—DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED
AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Dropsy
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition
15
1
16
6
• • •
6
10
7
17
10
...
10
41
8
49
Mortification
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
1
1
2
3
1
4
5
Tumour
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
1
...
1
2
1
3
Abscess
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Haemorrhage
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...
...
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Sudden Death (cause not ascertained)
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...
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...
...
...
...
...
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...
...
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined
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...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
1
2
...
2