London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
West Ham 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-20 | 20-40 | 40-60 | 60-80 | 80 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent deaths— | |||||||
| By railways 13 | — | — | 4 | 8 | — | 1 | |
| By vehicles or horses 9 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | ||
| By ships, docks (not drowning) 8 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| In building operations 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| In conflagrations | |||||||
| By burns, scalds, explosions 25 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| By drowning 16 | — | — | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| By suffocation in bed 23 | 23 | ||||||
| By poisons or poisonous vapours 6 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Other or not stated causes 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Homicide 4 | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| Suicide 10 | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| Other causes | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 |