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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
Battersea 1896
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1896
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Inquests. During the year 1896, 319 cases jcame under the
notice of the Coroner. In forty-one of these cases he
decided that no further inquiry was necessary, and they are
marked in the Registrar's Returns as " submitted to Coroner,"
which is considered sufficient to authorise registration.
In the other 278 cases inquests were held with the following
verdicts of the respective juries :—
From Natural Causes 161
From Accidental Causes :—
Scalds 3
Burns 2
Run over on railroads and highways ... 16
Suffocated in bed with parents ... 20
Injuries 2
Falls, &c. 26
Drowned 4
Blow on head 1
Want of attention at birth 2
Suffocated 5
— 81
From Homicidal Causes :—
Suicide—Hanging 3
Cut throat 3
Shot 4
Drowning 1
Poisoning 4
—
Murder—Asphyxiation 4
Strangulation 1
_ 5
Justifiable Homicide—Shot 1
— 1
Open Verdicts:—
Found Drowned 4
Injuries 5
Alcoholism 3
Self Neglect 2
Poisoning 1
— 15
Total 278