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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
St Giles (Camden) 1893
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1894
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the deceased is of the Jewish persuasion, or when the body
should be interred without delay for Sanitary or other
reasons.
Place for Post-mortem Examinations. Sect. 90.
The Coroner, or other constituted body ordered postmortem
examinations in 43 cases, these were made in the
room set apart for the purpose at the Mortuary.
Place for Holding Inquests. Sect. 92.
The Coroner's Court in this District is held in a room
connected with the Public Mortuary.
In 1893 there were 88 Inquests, as follows:—
| Causes of Death. | Registration Sub-Districts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | Total. | ||
| From natural causes. | 'Diseases of the nervous system . | — | 6 | l | 7 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 3 | 13 | 5 | 21 | |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | — | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Other diseases | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| From accidental causes. | Fractures, falls, contusions, &c. | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Suffocation (in bed with parents) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| „ from smoke and gas | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | |
| Bullet wound | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Burns, scalds, &c. | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Drowning | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Suicidal | Cut throat | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Bullet wound | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Hanging | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Poison (opium) | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Homicidal—Murder | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Total. | 17 | 47 | 24 | 88 | |