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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
Hackney 1910
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1910
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THE MORTUARY.
The following tables give the number of bodies deposited in the
Mortuary during the year, also the number of inquests held there,
with the causes of death, etc.
Number of bodies deposited in Mortuary 393
1. To await inquests—(a) Infectious 0
(b) Non-Infectious 377
2. To await burial 22
Number of post-mortems made 136
INQUESTS.
Verdicts.
Sex.
Male.
Female.
Natural causes
127
102
Accidental death
40
41
Suicide
18
10
Open Verdict
18
13
Manslaughter
...
1
Murder
2
3
Misadventure
...
1
Totals
206
171
Table showing nature of above Suicidal and Accidental Deaths in the
Borough of Hackney during the year ended 1910.
Suicides.
Accidental Deaths.
Nature of Suicide.
No.
Nature of Accidental Death.
No.
Poisoning
11
Shock from fall
28
Cut throat
3
Suffocated
1
Drowning
10
Shock from burns
9
Fall from window
1
Drowning
4
Hanging
2
Run over
12
Hun over
1
Shock from scalds
3
Fracture of skull
3
„ thigh
4
Suffocated in bed
6
Wound of hand
2
Poisoning
6
Others
3
Total
28
Total
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