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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 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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Table: In the remaining 334 cases inquests were held with the following results:—

In the remaining 334 cases inquests were held with the following results:—

I. Natural Causes181
II. Accidental Causes107
Burns and Scalds12
Drowning4
Run over18
Falls, etc.35
Suffocation14
Fracture9
Misadventure1
Crushed7
Blood Poisoning3
Kick
Knocked down by drain1
Improper Feeding2
III. Homicidal Causes39
Suicide35
Murder1
Manslaughter3
IV. Open Verdicts7
Found Drowned7
Total334

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District of Lambeth Borough Population (estimated to middle of 1906), 315774.
Births in the year 1906—8972. Deaths in the year 1906, of infants—1088.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 4709,
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