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. Saviour's]
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| No. | Sex. | Age. | Verdict. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | m. | 8 yrs. | Accidentally drowned. |
| 12 | m. | 6 „ | Convulsions from cerebral pressure, probably caused by a fall. |
| 13 | m. | 16 mos. | Asphyxia from spasm of glottis. |
| 14 | m. | 11 wks. | Accidentally suffocated in bed. |
| 15 | f. | 25 yrs. | Haemoptysis. |
| 16 | m. | 60 „ | Bullet wound in head. Suicide. Temporary insanity. |
| 17 | f. | 11 wks. | Collapse consequent on gastro-enteritis and diarrhœa and wasting. |
| 18 | m. | 30 yrs. | Fracture of skull, caused by jumping from a window during temporary insanity. |
| 19 | m. | 42 „ | Drowning. Suicide during temporary insanity. |
| 20 | m. | 43 „ | Found Drowned. |
| 21 | f. | 77 „ | Syncope due to fatty degeneration of heart. |
| 22 | m. | 35 „ | Found drowned. |
| 23 | f. | 50 „ | Syncope from fatty heart, following disease of lungs. |
| 24 | f. | 5 wks. | Accidentally suffocated in bed. |
| No. | Sex. | Age. | Verdict. |
| 1 | m. | 1 mo. | Convulsive fit. |
| 2 | f. | 1 mo. | Accidentally suffocated in bed. |
| 3 | m. | 14 days | „ „ „ |
| 4 | f. | 16 mos. | Dentition. Convulsions. |
| 5 | m. | 42 yrs. | Phthisis. Syncope. |
| 6 | m. | 33 „ | Fatty heart. Syncope. Accelerated by drink. |
| 7 | m. | 51 „ | Rupture of aneurysm left pulmonary artery. |
| 8 | m. | 68 „ | Heart disease. |
| 9 | f. | 22 „ | Found drowned. |
| 10 | m. | 1 mo. | Acute pneumonia. |
| 11 | m. | 74 yrs. | Accidental fall down stairs. Apoplexy. |
| 12 | f. | 63 „ | Fatty degeneration of heart. Syncope. |
| 13 | f. | 2 „ | Accidental fall. Cerebral abscess. |
| 14 | f. | 53 „ | Syncope. |
| 15 | m. | 6 mos. | Exhaustion following inanition. |
| 16 | f. | 5 „ | Accidentally suffocated in bed. |
| 17 | m. | 22 yrs. | Accidentally drowned while bathing. |
| 18 | f. | 35 „ | Found drowned. |