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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 1902
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1903
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The largest number of bodies received during any one
day of the year was on the 30th April, when four bodies were
admitted.
Inquests were held in 213 cases, and verdicts were returned as follows :—
| Natural Causes ... | ... | 117 |
| Open Verdict— Found dead | 1 | |
| Found drowned | 5 | |
| – | 6 | |
| Accidental— Misadventure | 4 | |
| Suffocation in bed with parents | 1 | |
| Falls, &c. | 21 | |
| Run over in streets and on railway | 8 | |
| Burns and scalds | 9 | |
| Poisoning | 2 | |
| Asphyxia | 11 | |
| Want of attention at birth | 1 | |
| Convulsions | 1 | |
| Improper feeding | 4 | |
| Other injuries, &c. | 5 | |
| – | 67 | |
| Suicide— Gun shot | 4 | |
| Poisoning | 10 | |
| Hanging | 6 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| – | 21 | |
| Homicide— Strangulation | 2 | |
| – | 2 | |
| Total | 213 |