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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 1896

The eighth annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1896

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Table: TABLE XLV.—Continued.

TABLE XLV.—Continued.

No.Date received at Mortuary.Name.Age.Address.Cause of Death.
27July 13thHenry SparksAbout 30UnknownAccidently Drowned whilst Bathing.
28„ 19thRonald Eisele61Powis StreetAccidental overdose of Laudanum.
29„ 23rdMary Monk4854, Sand StreetStrangulated-Femoral Hernia.
30„ 30thJohn Martin5634, Fenwick StreetCardiac Failure
31August 4thWilliam Scales7°39, Ropeyard RailsEibroid Phthisis.
32„ 10thEliza Stanton5754, Milward StreetSyncope from Heart Disease.
33„ 16thDaniel Perkins4934, Cyprus Place, New BecktonRupture of Aortic Aneurism.
34„ 28thDonald Currie4526, Hardens StreetBursting of aneurism of aorta.
35Sept. 4thEliza Gaff9 hours19,Sandy HillDefective development of heart.
36„ 4thCharles Harris46Steers Cottage, Bowling Green RowSuicide by hanging.
37„ 5thMiles McGure559,Ropeyard RailsHæmorrhage.
38October 13thArthur O'Donnell8 months4, Limbrey's BuildingsComa following convulsive seizure.
39„ 26thWilliam Belton3666, Beresford StreetValvular disease of heart.
40„27thHelen Huggett3 months4, Montague Cottages, Nightingale ValeAccidentally suffocated in bed.
41„ 31stHarry Kersey5014, Plumstead RoadSuicide by hanging.
42„ 30thRobert Orr2559,Cundy Road, Custom HouseAccidentally drowned
43Nov. 2ndEliza Bird65281, High Street, PlumsteadBlood poisoning.
44„ 6thHarold Stallybrass33Cantwell Road, PlumsteadGeneral paralysis. Exhaustion.
45„5thDalton Morton1584,Leyes Road,Custom HouseAccidentally drowned.
46„ 9thAlbert L. Peck6 weeks7, Bowling Green RowConvulsions.
47„ 14thMartha Moffatt5 days12, Westdale Road, Plumstednatural Causes.
48„ 16Jhon Boon103, Orchard StreetComa following accodental fall.
49Dec. 1 stThomas Sadler54Suffolk Cottages, BarkingHeart disease.
50„ 5thFrederick Pennell2 months19, Engineer RoadAccidentally suffocated in bed.
51„ 9thAlexander Sweeney35, Surgeon StreetConvulsive fit.
52„ 26tllHenry Walker6510, Engineer RoadHeart and Kidney disease.