Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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Brought forward 30
Poison, Strychnine 1
„ Opium 2
,, Oxalic Acid 2
„ Chloral 1
,, Hydrochloric Acid 1
Wound in Throat 2
Drowning 3
Premature Birth 1
Hydrophobia from the bite of a cat 1
Injuries received from falling from window 3
„ ,, ,, „ downstairs 1
,, „ „ ,, off scaffold 1
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ladder 3
„ ,, „ „ „ an omnibus 1
„ ,, by a passing train when in
the Charing Cross tunnel of the District
Railway 1
Injuries received when attempting to leave a
carriage of a train in motion at Charing
Cross District Railway Station 1
Injuries received when attempting to get into
a carriage of a train at Waterloo Station 1
Injuries received from being knocked down or
run over in the street 3
Injuries received from a falling joist when at
work at the National Liberal Club 1
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Sanitary Work.
In the year 1886, 107 notices were served upon the owners or
occupiers of property, besides numerous verbal recommendations to
remedy nuisances and sanitary defects. One summons was taken
out against the owner of a house who disregarded the notice served
upon him to perform certain specified sanitary works; the constable
was unable to serve the summons, owing to his inability to find the
owner. The ground-landlord however caused the house to be
The following Table gives the number of Deaths occurring in each month of the year:—
Males. | Females. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
January | 30 | 23 | 53 |
February | 17 | 21 | 38 |
March | 40 | 35 | 75 |
April | 23 | 17 | 40 |
May | 20 | 12 | 32 |
June | 20 | 15 | 35 |
July | 14 | 15 | 29 |
August | 13 | 9 | 22 |
September | 15 | 10 | 25 |
October | 13 | 9 | 22 |
November | 16 | 15 | 31 |
December | 14 | 9 | 23 |
235 | 190 | 425 |