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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
Battersea 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Usual Place of Residence. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batter-sea. | Wands -worth | Elsewhere. | Residence unknown | ||
| VERDICTS AT INQUESTS HELD— | |||||
| 64 | 6 | 2 | — | 72 | |
| Asphyxia | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Blow struck in self-defence | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Burns and scalds | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Coal gas poisoning | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Deaths under anaesthetic | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Fall | 12 | 10 | 2 | — | 24 |
| Overlain | 1 | — ■ | — | — | 1 |
| Railway and street accidents | 7 | 9 | 4 | — | 20 |
| Tetanus following scratch | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Unclassified | 1 | — | — | - | 1 |
| Found drowned | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Injuries of unknown origin | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Stillborn | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Want of attention at birth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cut throat | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 |
| Drowning | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Firearms | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Poisoning—Coal gas | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Drugs, etc. | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 |
| Careless driving (manslaughter) | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Criminal Abortion (wilful murder) | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Smothering and strangulation (wil | |||||
| ful murder) | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Grand Total | 102 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 155 |
Sanitary Staff.
The personnel of the Staff of the Health Department will te
found fully set out on page 4. During 1922 the following changes
occurred :—
In November Dr. Grace Skene, M.B., B.S.(Lond.), Assistant
Medical Officer (Maternity and Child Welfare) was granted four
months' leave of absence for private reasons, and Dr. Constance
Beach, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Lond.) was appointed as locum tenens.
It is with regret that I have to record the death, after a long
illness, of Colonel C. E. Cassal, F.I.C., who for a period of 34 years
was Public Analyst for the old Parish and the Borough of Battersea.
During Colonel Cassal's illness, and pending the filling up of the
appointment, Mr. B. H. Gerrans, F.I.C., carried on the duties of
Public Analyst until June, 1922, when Mr. Charles Hackman,
F.I.C., was appointed to the vacant office.
In October Miss O. Baggallay was appointed Health Visitor
to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Miss H. Viney.