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St Giles (Camden) 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Order 3.—Murder or Manslaughter.
2 deaths were returned under these headings: 1 infant and 1 adult.
Order 4.—Suicide.
1 adult died from Poison (opium), and 1 from Hanging.
The detailed verdicts of the several causes of death in this class,
are more clearly set forth in the following table:—
Inquests.
During the year, 96 inquests were held. 60 of the deaths occurred
from "natural" causes, 31 from "accidental" causes, and 5 from
" wilful " or " suicidal " causes.
7 were parishioners of St. George, Bloomsbury ;
69 „ „ St. Giles, South;
20 .. St. Giles, North.
The following were the verdicts returned by the juries:—
| Cause of Death. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Causes. | Apoplexy, diseases of the brain and spinal cord | 15 |
| Diseases of the heart and aneurism | 13 | |
| Diseases of the respiratory and pulmonary organs | 20 | |
| Diseases of the kidney | 2 | |
| Alcoholism | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | ||
| Mesenteric disease | 1 | |
| Measles | 1 | |
| Cold, debility, atrophy, and exhaustion | ||
| Accidental Causes. | Injury to temple from a fall | 1 |
| Injury to elbow joint (blood poisoning) | 1 | |
| Injury to brain from fall, knocked down by a horse in Rotten Row | 1 | |
| Injury to neck, dislocation from getting impaled between bannisters of stairs | 1 | |
| Injury to ribs (fracture) | 1 | |
| Poison (opium) | 1 | |
| Suffocation | 24 | |
| Otherwise | 1 | |
| Wilful Causes. | Injury to spinal cord from fracture and compression | 1 1 |
| Hanging | 2 | |
| Poison (cyanide of potassium) | 1 | |
| Total | 96 | |