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Bethnal Green 1905

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1905

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APPENDIX M.Mortuary.

Bodies removed to Mortuary—1904.1905.
On Coroner's Order274230
By Police1416
From London Hospital1511
On Sanitary Inspectors' Orders69
On Request of Relatives6798
Totals376364
Number of Inquests held286249
Number of Post Mortem Examinations made143100
Particulars of Bodies on which Inquests were held—
Bodies Removed by Police from Canal and Streets, &c.16
„ Received from Bethnal Green Infirmary42
„ „ „ House Asylum2
,, „ North Eastern Hospital22
„ „ Mildmay Mission Hospital4
,, „ Private Houses163
Total249
Inquest Cases according to Age Periods—
Number under one year75
,, over one year and under five years23
„ „ five years and under twenty years21
,, ,, twenty years and under forty years25
„ ,, forty years and under sixty years36
„ „ sixty years and under eighty years60
„ „ eighty years9
Total249
Causes of Death in Inquest Cases—
Natural Causes149
Suffocation in Bed37