[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Depwade R.D.C.

  • Depwade (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Depwade R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Coroner’s Report 1, Muco Interitis 1, Influenza 1. The high mortality in the Workhouse is of course because it is the home of the aged, of the infirm, and of those who by the unsatisfactory lives they have led have brought themselves to the workhouse. Deaths from Injuries— Suicide whilst Temporarily Insane. From Accidental Firing of a Gun. From Accidental Drowning. From Suffocation, the house being on fire. From Accidental Fall. From Accidental Fall—Certified by Medical Attendant. Deaths from Natural Causes. In those cases in which no inquest was held the Medical Attendant’s report satisfied the coroner that no inquest was required. Deaths from Cancer. Deaths from Heart Disease. Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis or Phthisis. From Phthisis there were 23 deaths in 1895 ; 11 in 1896 ; 18 in 1897 and 11 in 1898, no increase during the last four years. As Phthisis is however an infectious disease we must class it among the preventable diseases and this is why there is very wisely a general and anxious desire to take every possible measure to stamp it out. To prevent the spread of infection we have for a long time taken special care more particularly in seeing that the expectoration is burnt in the fire and the patient on no account allowed to expectorate on the floor, but the most important of all is the establishment of Sanatoria in healthy and suitable localities where the Five Inquests Two Inquests One Inquest One Inquest One Inquest One no Inquest Seven Inquests Six Coroner’s Reports. 30 28 11 Phthisis Pulmonalis a preventable Disease.