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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 1895
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1895
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Inquests.
During the year 1895, 267 cases came under the
notice of the Coroner. Thirty-five of these were cases in
which he decided that no further inquiry was necessary, and
they are marked in the Registrar's Returns as "submitted to
Coroner," which is considered sufficient to authorise
registration."
In the other 232 cases inquests were held with the following results, as given in the verdicts of the respective juries :—
| In the other 232 cases inquests were held with the following results, as given in the verdicts of the respective juries :— | |||
| From Natural Causes | 130 | ||
| From Accidental Causes :— | |||
| Suffocation | 21 | ||
| Burns | 8 | ||
| Run over | 4 | ||
| Drowning | 6 | ||
| Poisoning | 1 | ||
| Falls, &c. | l7 | ||
| On Railway | 6 | ||
| Knocked down by swing | 1 | ||
| Blow from Cricket Ball | 1 | ||
| — 65 | |||
| From Homicidal Causes :— | |||
| Suicide—Hanging | 1 | ||
| Cut throat | 4 | ||
| Poisoning | 6 | ||
| Drowning | 4 | ||
| Suffocation | 1 | ||
| On Railway | 1 | ||
| — 17 | |||
| Murder—Suffocation | 5 | ||
| Fractured Skull | 1 | ||
| Hœmorrhage from Umbilical Cord | 1 | ||
| — 7 | |||
| Open Verdicts :— | |||
| Found drowned | 6 | ||
| Suffocated | 1 | ||
| Found dead | 1 | ||
| Over distension of Stomach | 1 | ||
| Lead poisoning | 1 | ||
| Starvation | 2 | ||
| Poisoning | 1 | ||
| — 13 | |||
| —— 102 | |||
| Total | 232 | ||