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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 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Cause of Death.AGES.TOTAL.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. (Continued.)
3.—Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds...............11...1.........3
Cut Stab........................1............1
Poison.........1...1...21......5
Drowning...............211......1...5
Hanging.........11...1.........1...4
Otherwise...............1.....................1
4.—Execution.
Hanging....................................
VIII.-DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Dropsy......................11112
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition731.......................11...75
Mortification............................1......1
Tumour................1..2....2...16
Abscess....1......1.........1...12
Hæmorrhage1...............1............2
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained)....................................
Causes not Specified or Ill-defined3............111.........6
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