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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 1921
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921
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Mortuary.
Details as to the number of bodies received into the
Mortuary and as to inquests held thereat are set out in the
following table:—
Bodies of Persons received into the Mortuary during 1921.
| Formerly resident in | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batter-sea. | Wandsworth. | Elsewhere. | Total. | |
| No. of bodies received | 94 | 37 | 20 | 151 |
| Post-mortem examinations held at Mortuary | 57 | 7 | 8 | 72 |
| Inquests held | 84 | 37 | 18 | 139 |
| Removed to Wandsworth for inquest | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Bodies received for sanitary reasons | 9 | — | — | 9 |
| Other bodies on which no inquest held | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| 94 | 37 | 20 | 151 | |
| Verdicts at Inquests held:– | ||||
| 44 | 10 | 2 | 56 | |
| Asphyxia | 1 | — | - | 1 |
| Drowning | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Burns and Scalds | 3 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Coal Gas Poisoning | - | - | - | - |
| Falls | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| Run over | 8 | 12 | 6 | 26 |
| Overlying | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| Other means | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Want of attention at birth | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Injuries (Blow or Fall) | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Found Dead | — | - | — | — |
| Found Drowned | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Stillborn | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Tetanus | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Septicæmia and Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cut Throat | — | - | 1 | 1 |
| Coal Gas Poisoning | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Drowning | - | — | 2 | 2 |
| Drugs, &c. | — | 1 | - | 1 |
| Hanging | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Other Injuries | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| — | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals | 84 | 37 | 18 | 139 |