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 Malden and Coombe]
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SUMMARY OF BIRTH, INFANTILE MORTALITY AND DEATH RATES FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
Year | Births | Infantile Mortality | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|
1919 | 155 | 75.60 | 11.2 |
1920 | 186 | 55.74 | 7.6 |
1921 | 176 | 54.60 | 9.9 |
1922 | 148 | 33.10 | |
1923 | 153 | 33.90 | 9.4 |
Average for 5 years | 163 | 50.58 | 9.6 |
DISTRICT STATISTICAL TABLE.
District | Area (acres) | Estimated Population middle 1923 | Estimated Houses Occupied | Births | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coombe | 1,337 | 1,316 | 243 | 8 | 8 |
New Maiden | 1,041 | 13,500 | 3,288 | 221 | 132 |
Maiden | 842 | 550 | 116 | 7 | 5 |
Totals | 3,220 | 15,366 | 3,647 | 236 | 145 |
MORTUARY.
Dr. H. M. Taylor, H.M. Coroner for the Division of Surrey, held inquests on twelve bodies as under, being an increase of four over the previous year.
District | Verdict |
---|---|
New Malden | Syncope. Auricular fibrillation, Cardiac hypertrophy, aggravated by army service. Natural causes. |
Cerebral haemorrhage. Chronic nephritis. Coma. Natural causes. | |
Syncope. Aortic aneurism. Natural causes. | |
Syncope. Atheroma of arteries. Enlargement of the heart. | |
Natural causes. | |
Shock. Fracture of the skull. Laceration of brain. Knocked down by motor car. Accidental death. | |
Shock. Fracture of skull and ribs. Suicide whilst of unsound mind. | |
Syncope. Valvular disease of heart. Natural causes. | |
Syncope. Haemorrhage. Pulmonary tuberculosis. Natural causes. | |
Syncope. Acute bronchitis. Fall downstairs. Accidental death. | |
Malden | Syncope. Fatty degeneration of the heart. Natural causes. |
Syncope. Myocardial degeneration of the heart. Natural causes. | |
Coombe | Shock. Fracture of skull. Destruction of brain. Knocked down and run over by trailer of motor lorry. Accidental death. |