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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

Woolwich 1894

The sixth annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1894

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Table: TABLE XIV.Return of the number of Bodies received into the Mortuary during the year 1894.

TABLE XIV.

Return of the number of Bodies received into the Mortuary during the year 1894.

No.Date received at Mortuary.Name.Age.Address.Cause of Death.
1January 8thGeorge Sheldrake4410a, Rectory Grove, WoolwichSuicide by Cutting Throat.
2„ „Catherine Briggs552, Catherine Square, WoolwichApoplexy.
3„ „Edward Hummerston17Cambridge BarracksInjuries from a Crush.
4„ 27thJohn McCartey32104, Brookhill Road, WoolwichSuicide by Cutting Throat.
5„ 29thMabel Lyons22 months39, fames Street, WoolwichRickets and Bronchitis.
6February 12thLilian M. Hull3 months148, St. Mary Street, WoolwichSuffocated in Bed.
7„ 17thAlice E. Esplaine7 months62, High Street, WoolwichSuffocated in Bed.
8„ 28thThomas Hall5051, Shortbridge Street, S. ShieldsFound Drowned.
9March 9thFemale Infant (unknown)newly bornFound in Railway StationInattention at Birth.
10„ 12thCatherine McBride6622, High Street, WoolwichFatty Degeneration of the Heart.
11„ „Lillie Baynes7 weeks7, Ordnance Road, WoolwichSuffocated in Bed.
12„ 19thRobert Hancer5663, Ordnance Road, WoolwichBronchitis and Heart Disease.
13April 15thWilliam Conner44Nile Street, WoolwichLung Disease.
14„ 16thFrederick C. Gibson1623, Trinity Street, WoolwichAccidently Drowned.
15„ 17thEdward Cleverley411, Rope Yard Rails, WoolwichHaemateria.
16„ 20thRobert Scrutton33ia, Hancock Street, Bromley-by-BowHeart Disease.
17„ 23rdAlbert G. Williams3951, High Street, WoolwichRupture of Aorta.
18„ 28thIsabella Watson59Knottingley, YorkshireCrush on Barge.
19May 9thRuth Sargent182, Anchor Alley, WoolwichNatural Causes.
20„ 11thWilliam H. Short32353, Southwark Park RoadAccidentally Drowned.
21„ 13thCharles Oliver4539, Argyle Road, Customs HouseKilled on Railway (accident).
22„ 29thAlbert Sage479, Ann Street, WoolwichAccidental Fall in Street.
23June 8thMargaret Rowe5716, Artillery Place, WoolwichAccidentally Poisoned.
24„ „|ohn Brightman201, Bowater Road, WoolwichPeritonitis from Ulcer.
25„ 17thHenry Stewart2825, Francis Street, WoolwichAccidentally Drowned.
26„ 21stHerbert Funnell1016, Walpole Place, WoolwichRun Over by Van.
27„ 26thWilliam J. Snelling17GravesendAccidentally Drowned.
28„ 30thMormbaruk Abdulla25S.S. "Kaiser," Albert DocksFound Drowned.
29July 4thMargaret Rickards565, Myrtle Place, WoolwichApoplexy.
30„ 5thJane Hood7120, Sandy Hill, WoolwichAccidental Fall.
31June 30thDenis Driscoll45229, Manchester Road, Cubitt TownAccidentally Drowned.
32July 11thJohn Huxley5316, Warren Lane, WoolwichFatty Degeneration of the Heart.