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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
Fulham 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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D.— STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF INQUESTS HELD
DURING THE YEAR.
| Description. | Age. | Cause of Death. |
|---|---|---|
| Widow of a builder . | 66 years | Infraction of gall stone, sudden. Post mortem. |
| Builder's foreman | 46 years | Cut his throat whilst of unsound mind. Found dead. |
| Registrar of births and deaths (Mayfair district) | 68 years | Disease of the heart, sudden. Post mortem. |
| Daughter of a railway ticket collector | 13 months | Spasm of the glottis, sudden. |
| Son of a manufacturer | 6 months | Congestion of lungs, sudden. Post mortem. |
| Daughter of a cabdriver , | 17 months | Pneumonia, sudden. Post mortem. |
| Son of a nurseryman . | 16 months | Found dead in bed, bronchitis. Post mortem. |
| Coach finisher | 51 years | Hanged himself while of unsound mind. Found dead. |
| Son of a brewer's labourer | 4 weeks | Found dead, syncope. |
| Son of an omnibus guard . | 2 years | Sudden, meningitis. |
| Son of a painter | 9 months | Sudden, enterits, natural causes. Post mortem. |
| Son of a kitchen maid | 4 months | Sudden, pneumonia. Post morten. |
| Tailor | 46 years | Violent, fall down-stairs. |
| Daughter of a carpenter | 2 weeks | Violent, suffocation accidental. Post mortem. |
| Cabdriver | 36 years | Violent fall. Post mortem. |
| Son of a foreman at gas works . | 6 days | Sudden, cyanosis. Post mortem. |
| Needlewoman | 58 years | Sudden effusion on the brain. |
| Gardener | 61 years | Found dead in bed, disease of the heart. |
| Daughter of a builder's clerk | 6 months | Found dead in bed, intussuception of the bowels. Post mortem. |
| Widow of a commercial traveller | About 73 years | Found dead, disease of the heart. Post mortem. |
| Son of a cabman | 18 months | Sudden, tubercular peritonitis. Post mortem. |
| Labourer. | 32 years | Violent fall on pavement, rupture of bladder. Post mortem. |
| Stableman. | 34 years | Sudden, phthisis. Post mortem. |