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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
Hackney 1911
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1911
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THE MORTUARY.
The following tables give the number of bodies deposited in the
Mortuary during the year, also the number of inquests held there,
with the causes of death, etc.
Number of bodies deposited in Mortuary 446
1. To await inquests—(a) Infectious 1
(b) Non-Infectious 418
2. To await burial 27
Number of post-mortems made 149
INQUESTS.
| Verdicts. | Sex. | |
|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | |
| Natural causes | 145 | 135 |
| Accidental death | 51 | 45 |
| Suicide | 27 | 8 |
| Open Verdict | 5 | ... |
| Manslaughter | ... | ... |
| Murder | 2 | ... |
| Misadventure | 1 | ... |
| Totals | 231 | 188 |
| Suicides. | Accidental Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature of Suicide. | No. | Nature of Accidental Death. | No. |
| Poisoning | 16 | Shock from fall | 29 |
| Cut throat | 3 | Suffocated | 5 |
| Drowning | 9 | Shock from burns | 17 |
| Fall from window | 1 | Drowning | 4 |
| Hanging | 2 | Run over | 12 |
| Run over | 1 | Shock from scalds | 2 |
| Mooting | 3 | Fracture of skull | 5 |
| Hanging | 1 | ||
| Suffocated in bed | 12 | ||
| Wound of tongue | 1 | ||
| Poisoning | 3 | ||
| Others | 5 | ||
| Total | 35 | Total | 96 |
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