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TABLE XXIV.
Particulars of unidentified bodies admitted to the Mortuary
during the year 1900.
Date body was
admitted to
Mortuary.
Sex.
Age.
Cause of death.
Where found.
1900.
19th January.
Newly born
Not stated,
probably
" drowning "
River
Thames
M
M
2nd February
35-40 years
do.
Drowning
do.
Do.
About 20
years
11th May
F
do.
Newly born
20th „
Suffocation
F
Drowning
do.
M
About 40
years
23rd June
do.
Suffocation
by pressure
F
Newly born
26th „
M
Newly born
Wandsworth
Common
Want of food
and exposure
17th October.
F
Newly born
Asphyxia
Amies Street
26th Dec.
The bodies admitted to the Mortuary during each month of
the year numbered, in January, thirty-nine ; in June, twenty-nine;
in February, March, September and December, each twentyseven
; in April, twenty-six; in August, twenty; in October,
nineteen; in May, eighteen ; in July,seventeen ; and in November,
fifteen. The number received during each month are also here
shewn in their calender order :—