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 and vital statistics during the year 1905
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Bodies removed to Mortuary— | 1904. | 1905. |
---|---|---|
On Coroner's Order | 274 | 230 |
By Police | 14 | 16 |
From London Hospital | 15 | 11 |
On Sanitary Inspectors' Orders | 6 | 9 |
On Request of Relatives | 67 | 98 |
376 | 364 | |
Number of Inquests held | 286 | 249 |
Number of Post Mortem Examinations made | 143 | 100 |
Particulars of Bodies on which Inquests were held— | ||
Bodies Removed by Police from Canal and Streets, &c. | 16 | |
„ Received from Bethnal Green Infirmary | 42 | |
„ „ „ House Asylum | 2 | |
,, „ North Eastern Hospital | 22 | |
„ „ Mildmay Mission Hospital | 4 | |
,, „ Private Houses | 163 | |
249 | ||
Inquest Cases according to Age Periods— | ||
Number under one year | 75 | |
,, over one year and under five years | 23 | |
„ „ five years and under twenty years | 21 | |
,, ,, twenty years and under forty years | 25 | |
„ ,, forty years and under sixty years | 36 | |
„ „ sixty years and under eighty years | 60 | |
„ „ eighty years | 9 | |
249 | ||
Causes of Death in Inquest Cases— | ||
Natural Causes | 149 | |
Suffocation in Bed | 37 |