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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

Woolwich 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE XIV.Return of the number of Bodies received into the Mortuary during the year1895.

TABLE XIV.

Return of the number of Bodies received into the Mortuary during the year1895.

No.Date received at Mortuary.Name.Age.Address.Cause of Death.
1January 1stMargaret Sweeney6 weeks2, Mary Ann Cottages, WoolwichWant of Proper Food.
2,, 7thTames Newman601. Rope Yard Rails, WoolwichSyncope.
3,, 12thMatilda Moriarty775, Catherine Square, WoolwichCongestion of Lungs.
4,, 14thJoseph Reynolds484, Haviland Terrace, BournmouthFound Drowned.
5,, 24thThomas Evans8420, Lower Market Street, WoolwichBronchitis.
6Feb. 16thCourtney Rhodes2529, West Hill, SydenhamSyncope after Fit.
7,, 17thRebecca Mallett7428, Waterloo Bridge RoadHeart Disease.
8,, 18thWilliam Goodhew5 months14, Rhea Street, N. WoolwichCongestion of Lungs.
9,, 23rdSydney Hemsley3 months6, Cambridge Terrace, WoolwichBr6nchitis.
10,, 25thElsie Bohn11 months33, Samuel Street, WoolwichAsphyxia.
11March 20thAgnes R. Ryan1930, Brookhill Road, WoolwichPeritonitis.
12,, 29thAda Shean12 days10, Rope Yard Rails, WoolwichDebility.
13April 18thTohn Kelcher5926, Coleman Street, WoolwichSuicide by Poison.
14,, 20thWilliam Brown34R.A. Barracks, WoolwichSuicide by Cutting Throat.
15May 6 thCornelius Driscoll338, Manor Street, WoolwichInflammation of Lungs.
16,, 8thJohn T. Bulfield60125, Greengate Street, PlalstowFound Drowned.
17,, 11thTames Walker21 months11, Dicey Street, WoolwichTumour on Brain.
18,, 13thAlice M. Ruby5 days6, Sidney House, High St., WoolwichSuffocated in Bed.
19June 6thDaniel O'Brien455, High Street, WoolwichSyncope.
20,, 6thMathew Wighton34No homeFound Drowned.
21,, 8thWilliam Thompson152, Malmesbury Terrace, PlaistowFound Drowned.
22,, 18thAda E. Owen2311, Prospect Place, WoolwichSuicide by Poison.
23,, 25thTames Smithson3521, Orchard Street, WoolwichSuicide by Poison.
24,, 26thFredk. Stevens3318a, Orchard Street, WoolwichSuicide by Cutting Throat.
25,, 28thEmily Martin3010, Seimens Road, WoolwichTwist of Intestine.
26July 23rdJohn Chesney422, Stanley Street, BecktonApoplexy.