London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hackney 1893
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1893
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Number of bodies in mortuary 349
(a) To await inquests 337
(b). Upon request of relatives, to await burial 12
Number of Post-mortems performed 91
INQUESTS.
| Verdicts. | Sex. | |
|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | |
| Natural causes | 104 | 90 |
| Accidental Death | 64 | 30 |
| Suicide | 16 | 8 |
| Murder | 1 | 1 |
| Open Verdict | 11 | 12 |
| Totals | 196 | 141 |
| SUICIDES. | ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nature of suicide. | No. | nature of accidental death. | No. |
| Pistol Wound | 4 | Run over | 11 |
| Hanging | 2 | Fractured Skull | 4 |
| Wound in Throat | 5 | Burns | 9 |
| Run over on Railways | 3 | Suffocated in bed | 17 |
| Drowing | 8 | Blood Poisoning from wound | 2 |
| Poison-Chloroform | 1 | Scalds | 7 |
| Do. Opium | 1 | Falls | 30 |
| Strangulation at birth | 2 | ||
| Injured by falling ceiling | 2 | ||
| Opium Poisoning | 1 | ||
| Misadventure | 2 | ||
| Drowning | 6 | ||
| Suffocation from Chloroform | 1 | ||
| Total | 24 | Total | 94 |