[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighton County Borough.

  • Brighton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1895
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Credit: [Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    weeks after the patient came to Brighton. Such sending patients to the sea-side in the last stages of disease is to be deprecated from the standpoint both of the patient and the town. Of the 2 2 cases in which a definite history was obtainable, three had lived less than i month in Brighton at the time of their decease; three between i and 3 months; three between 3 and 6 months; four between 6 and 12 months ; two between i and 2 years. In the remaining seven the symptoms dated from a period previous to settling in Brighton. It will be noted that this statement is necessarily incomplete. In 35 cases no inquiry was practicable, and there is reason to believe that the majority of these were temporary residents in the town. In 57 houses in which consumptive patients had died, the sick-rooms were thoroughly cleansed and disinfected, and thus danger to the next occupants of the rooms avoided. DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE, &c. During the year 58 deaths were due to some form of violence. In 101 cases inquests were held, the verdicts returned being as follows :— 1— Natural Causes ... ... ... 44 2— Suicidal— Drowning ... ... ... ... ... ... i Poisoning ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Cutting throat ... ... ... ... ... 4 Hanging 3 Shooting ... ... ... ... ... ... I Throwing himself in front of train ... ... i — 15 3— Accidental— Suffocation 9 Falls... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 Burns ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Poisoning i Scalds ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Exhaustion from exposure to weather ... ... i Run over ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Bursting of a firework bomb at Preston Park ... i Swallowing a bronze coin ... ... ... .. i — 40 4— Open Verdict-— Found drowned ... ... ... ... ... ... i 5— Homicidal— Cutting throat ... ... ... ... ... ... i - • ■ Total ... ... ... ... loi