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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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Table: Table showing nature of above Suicidal and Accidental Deaths in the Borough of Hackney during the year ended 1913.

Table showing nature of above Suicidal and Accidental Deaths in the Borough of Hackney during the year ended 1913.

Suicides.Accidental Deaths.
Nature of Suicide.No.Nature of Accidental Death.No.
Poisoning4Shock from fall35
Cut throat2Suffocated8
Drowning5Shock from burns11
Hanging7Drowning5
Fall from window1Run over17
Shooting1Shock from scalds6
Stabbing1Fracture of skull10
Cutting blood vessel1Suffocated in bed14
Wound of hand3
Poisoning2
Others12
Total22Total123