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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

Lambeth 1909

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1909

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Table: INQUESTS. During the year 1909, within the Borough of Lambeth, 357 Lambeth cases were submitted to the Coroner (who, in 30 instances, decided that no further inquiries were necessary, the deaths being due to natural causes). In the remaining 327 cases inquests were held with the following results: —

INQUESTS. During the year 1909, within the Borough of Lambeth, 357 Lambeth cases were submitted to the Coroner (who, in 30 instances, decided that no further inquiries were necessary, the deaths being due to natural causes). In the remaining 327 cases inquests were held with the following results: —

I.Natural Causes...187
II.Accidental Causes...114
Burns and Scalds19
Drowning5
Run over18
Falls, etc.26
Suffocation8
Fracture7
Misadventure13
Crushed4
Blood Poisoning3
Ptomaine Poisoning1
Alcoholic Poisoning2
Improper Feeding5
Want of Attention at Birth3
III.Homicidal Causes...26
Suicide25
Murder1
Manslaughter——
IV.Open Verdicts...—
Found Drowned—
Total...327