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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 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1894
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THE MORTUARY.
The following tables give the number of bodies deposited in
the mortuary, and the post-mortems performed, together with the
number of inquests held in the Coroner's Court during the year
1894:—
Number of bodies deposited in Mortuary 277
(a). To await inquests 277
(b). Upon request of relatives, to await burial 0
Number of Post-mortems performed 102
INQUESTS.
| Verdicts. | Sex. | |
|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | |
| Natural causes | 91 | 68 |
| Accidental Death | 40 | 32 |
| Suicide | 15 | 1 |
| Murder | 1 | 0 |
| Open Verdict | 24 | 5 |
| Totals | 171 | 106 |
| SUICIDES. | ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nature of suicide. | No. | nature of accidental death | No. |
| Poisoning | 3 | Suffocated in bed | 22 |
| Cut Throat | 4 | Fall | 7 |
| Shooting | 5 | Hœorrhage from cut lip | 1 |
| Drowning | 1 | Shock from burns | 16 |
| Injury to Brain | 1 | Gunshot wound | 1 |
| Fracture of Skull | 1 | Drowning | 8 |
| Hanging | 1 | Run over | 7 |
| Shock from scalds | 6 | ||
| Overdose of Chloroform | 1 | ||
| Fracture of Skull | 1 | ||
| „ Thigh | 1 | ||
| Injury to Spine | 1 | ||
| 1 | |||
| Total | 16 | Total | 72 |