Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1900
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INQUESTS.
Verdicts. | Sex. | |
---|---|---|
Male. | Female. | |
Natural causes | 129 | 107 |
Accidental Death | 81 | 42 |
Suicide | 13 | 4 |
Open Verdict | 12 | 2 |
Manslaughter | 2 | |
Murder | 1 | |
Stillborn | 2 | I |
Totals | 237 | 159 |
SUICIDES. | ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. | ||
---|---|---|---|
nature of suicide. | No. | nature of accidental death. | No. |
Poisoning | 5 | Fracture of Leg | 2 |
Cut Throat | 1 | Poisoning | 2 |
Drowning | 7 | Fall | 34 |
Hanging | 2 | Suffocated | 2 |
Strangulation | 1 | Shock from Burns | 18 |
Fall from window | 1 | Shot | 1 |
Drowning | 6 | ||
Run over | 7 | ||
Shock from Scalds | 4 | ||
Fracture of Bibs | 2 | ||
Pressure of Crowd | 1 | ||
Fracture of Skull | 15 | ||
Wound on Finger | 1 | ||
Suffocated in Bed | 25 | ||
Fracture of Spine | 3 | ||
Total | 17 | Total | 123 |