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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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D-STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF INQUESTS HELD
DURING THE YEAR, from the 26th March, 1887, to 25th March, 1888.
| Description. | Age. | Cause of Death. |
|---|---|---|
| Son of an artists' model. | 5 months | Sudden, diarrhoea. Postmortem |
| Son of an inventor of disinfectants and ven-dor of patent medicines | 9 years | Drowned, accidentally |
| Clerk at Fulham Prison. | 67 years | Sudden, disease of the heart. Postmortem |
| Daughter of a coffee house keeper . | 3 months | Found dead, convulsions. Postmortem |
| Bargeman | 17 years | Found dead, drowned |
| Blacksmith, of 81, Hanover Cottages, Hammersmith | 05 years | Sudden, pleurisy. Postmortem |
| Wife of a steel merchant | 41 years | Violent, fall into area |
| Son of a carpenter. | 7 years | Violent, drowned, accidentally |
| Wife of a retired butcher | 69 years | Violent, fall |
| Son of a police-constable | 3 years | Violent, run over by an omnibus |
| Widow of a car driver, of 38, Strode Road, Fulham | 39 years | Suffocation by drowning, by throwing herself in the river Thames, whilst of unsound mind |
| Labourer | 46 years | Found dead, hanged himself whilst of unsound mind |
| Widow of a lodging housekeeper . | 40 years | Sudden, aneurism of the aorta. Postmortem |
| Railway station inspector | 50 years | Sudden, disease of the heart. Postmortem |
| Widow of a grocer | 68 years | Sudden, apoplexy. Postmortem |
| Daughter of a painter | 15 weeks | Sudden, convulsions. Postmortem |
| Wife of a butler | 55 years | Sudden, disease of the heart. Postmortem |
| Widow of an exciseman, of 20, Stamford Rd., Fulham . | About 74 years | Violent, fall in the ward |
| Son of unknown. | 2 months | Found dead in bed, convulsions. Postmortem |
| Wife of a tailor | 68 years | Found dead, rupture of aneurism of aorta. Postmortem |
| Daughter of an asylum attendant | 9 weeks | Found dead in bed, suffocation accidental. Postmortem |
| Daughter of a labourer. | 6 months | Sudden, convulsions, dentition. Postmortem |
| Errand boy, son of a baker | 3 years | Sudden, pleurisy. Postmortem |
| Of no occupation. | 46 years | Found dead, apoplexy |
| Vendor of baked potatoes | 16 years | Sudden, disease of the liver. Postmortem |
| Painters labourer . | 51 years | Run over by railway train |