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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
Lambeth 1902
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902
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INQUESTS.
During the year 1902, within the Borough of Lambeth
482 cases were submitted to the Coroner, who, in 54 instances
decided that no further inquiries were necessary;
but in the other 428 cases, held inquests with the following
results:—
I. Natural Causes 200
II. Accidental Causes 188
Burns and Scalds 27
Drowning 10
Run over 12
Falls, &c 41
Suffocation 42
Alcoholism 2
Knocked down by Engine 1
Gunshot Wounds or Fractures 29
Rupture 2
Misadventure 8
Self Neglect 1
Blood Poisoning 12
Improper Feeding 1
III. Homicidal Causes 40
Suicide 34
Murder 4
Manslaughter 2
IV. Open Verdicts —
Found Drowned —
Found Dead —
Total 428