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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
West Ham 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| All ages. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-65 | 65 and up-wards. | New Town. | Forest Gate. | High Street. | Broadway. | Park. | Upton. | West Ham. | Plaistow. | Hudsons. | Canning Town | Tidal Basin. | Custom House & Silvertown. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Ships and Docks | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| By Building Operations | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| By Machinery | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| By Burns and Scalds | 23 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| By Poisons and Poisonous Vapours | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| By Surgical Narcosis | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| By Electric Shock | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| By Drowning | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| By Suffocation in Bed | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 |
| By Suffocation otherwise | 25 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| By Fall | 23 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| By other (or not stated) causes | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| Homicide | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| SUICIDES. | |||||||||||||||||||
| By Poison | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| By Hanging or Strangulation | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| By Drowning | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| By Shooting | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |