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Public Institutions within our borders. Six other nonresidents
died violent or sudden deaths; they were:—
1. A woman, aged 36, the wife of a Post
Office sorter of East Ham, committed suicide by
drowning in Duckett's Canal.
2. A warehouse packer, aged 36, of Shoreditch,
died at 234, Hackney Road, from cardiac valvular
disease and bronchitis.
3. The infant son of a cabinet maker of Shoreditch
died from syncope in Hackney Road.
4. An engineer, of Barking, aged 43, was
caught in some machinery at a factory in Bethnal
Green Road, and died from fractured cervical vertebra.
5. The nine years old son of a shoemaker of
Whitechapel was found drowned in Regent's Canal,
near Cricketers' Bridge.
6. A brewer's foreman, aged 62 years, of Hockley,
died from aortic valvular disease in Bethnal
Green Road.
The monthly returns of transferable deaths forwarded
by the Somerset House authorities contain particulars of
400 deaths; these include, in addition to the deaths in
Public Institutions, the names of eleven inhabitants of
Bethnal Green who have died or were found drowned in
various parts of London. They were:—
1. A bootmaker, aged 57, of Barnet Grove,
was found drowned in the River Lea near Radley's
Creek.