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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
St James's 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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bodies lying in the Mortuary, and 27 post-mortem examinations
for judicial purposes have been made in the
Examination Room adjoining the Mortuary.
The following Table gives a summary of the certified
causes of death among persons dying in outlying institutions,
after having been removed from the district of St.
James's, Westminster:—
Accidental Injury 5
Aneurism 1
Asthenia 1
Brain Disease 7
Bronchitis 7
Bone Disease 1
Burns 1
Cancer 9
Chloroform administration 1
Convulsions 1
Debility 2
Diphtheria 4
Ear Disease 1
Embolism 1
Epilepsy 2
Erysipelas 2
Gangrene 1
Heart Disease 11
Intestinal obstruction 2
Kidney Disease 4
Measles 1
Melancholia 1
Paralysis 10
Peritonitis 6
Phthisis 16
Pleurisy 1