Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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12
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 38 residents dying within the district
and on 33 Mitcham residents who died outside the district, a total
of 71.
The following table shows the results of the findings of these inquests.
Inquests. | Number. |
---|---|
Deaths from natural causes | 36 |
Deaths from accidents:— | |
Knocked down by motor vehicles | 7 |
Septicaemia following injury | 4 |
Suffocation | 3 |
Falls | 11 |
Suicide:— | |
Poisoning by— | |
Lysol | 1 |
Coal gas | 4 |
Cyanide | 1 |
Fall over cliff | 1 |
Hanging | 1 |
Murder | 1 |
Misadventure | 1 |
Total | 71 |