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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
Lambeth 1895
Report on vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1895...
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INQUESTS.
During the year 1895, 516 cases were submitted to the
Coroner who, in 95 instances, decided that no further
inquiries were necessary; but, in the other 421 cases, held
inquests with the following results:—
I. Natural Causes 152
II. Accidental Causes 219
Burns and Scalds 33
Drowning 23
Run over 23
Falls, &c. 50
Suffocation 49
Alcoholism 15
Knocked down by Engine 5
Want of attention at Birth 3
Gunshot Wounds or Fractures 5
Exposure 6
Misadventure 4
Blow from Cricket Ball 1
Excitement 1
Blood Poisoning 1
III. Homicidal Causes 46
Suicide 40
Murder 5
Manslaughter 1
IV.Open Verdicts 4
Found Drowned 3
Found Dead 1
Total 421