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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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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 1920.
| Formerly resident in | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batter-sea. | Wands-worth. | Else-where. | Total. | |
| No. of bodies received | 96 | 48 | 30 | 174 |
| Post-mortem examinations held at Mortuary | 57 | 16 | 11 | 84 |
| Inquests held | 80 | 47 | 27 | 154 |
| Removed to Wandsworth for inquest | 4 | — | 3 | 7 |
| Bodies received for sanitary reasons | — | — | 9 | |
| Other bodies on which no inquest held | 3 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 96 | 48 | 30 | 174 | |
| Verdicts at Inquests held:— | ||||
| 46 | 20 | 8 | 74 | |
| Drowning | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Burns and Scalds | 3 | 2 | — | 5 |
| Coal Gas Poisoning | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Falls | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| Run over | 6 | 11 | 4 | 21 |
| Other means | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Want of attention at birth | 2 | 3 | — | 5 |
| Suffocation | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Injuries (Blow or Fall) | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Found Dead | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Found Drowned | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Stillborn | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Cut Throat | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| Coal Gas Poisoning | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Drowning | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Hanging | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Other Injuries | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Abortion | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 80 | 47 | 27 | 154 |