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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
Deptford 1911
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Mortuary Keeper.
G. W. J. Wagner, appointed 31st January, 1911.
Inquests.
The total number of inquests held on residents of Deptford
was 122. Of this number 80 were held in the borough,
the remaining 42 being on residents who died outside the
borough.
The results of the inquests were as follow:—
Natural causes 44
Accidental causes 53
Suicides 13
Misadventure 5
Open verdicts 4
Delirium Tremens 2
Alcholism 1