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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

Battersea 1907

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907

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Table: The following table gives the number of bodies removed to the Mortuary in each year since 1892 :—

The following table gives the number of bodies removed to the Mortuary in each year since 1892 :—

Year.• Number of bodies received in the Mortuary.Number of bodies upon which postmortem examinations were held.Number of bodies upon which Coroner's inquests were held.
1892193163187
1893243200237
1894224197208
1895259210232
1896293242278
1897289246273
1898294238267
1899274221. 260
1900291234273
1901321271304
1902239198224
1903223207213
1904221l6l204
1905253176236
1906244167239
1907302204288

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Inquests.

Table: During the year 1907 inquests were held in 288 cases, with the following results :—

During the year 1907 inquests were held in 288 cases, with the following results :—

Natural Causes Open Verdict—...182
Found dead6
Found drowned1
Accidental Causes—7
Burns and Scalds16
Drowning1
Run over (in street and on railway)14
Falls, &c.29
Suffocation3
Other injuries8
71
Carried forward260