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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 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1913
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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 452
1. To await inquests—(a) Infectious 1
(b) Non-Infectious 419
2. To await burial 32
Number of post-mortems made 132
INQUESTS.
Verdicts.
Sex.
Male.
Female.
Natural causes
142
119
Accidental death
68
55
Suicide
15
7
Open Verdict
6
3
Manslaughter
1
...
Murder
1
2
Misadventure
1
...
Totals
234
186