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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

Battersea 1925

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925

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Table: Mortuary. Details as to the number of bodies received into the Mortuary and as to inquests held thereat are set out in the following :-

Mortuary. Details as to the number of bodies received into the Mortuary and as to inquests held thereat are set out in the following :-

Usual Place of Residence.Total
Batter-sea.Wands -worthElsewhere.Residenceun-known
Inquest and post-mortem held at Mortuary922995135
Inquest at Mortuary ; post-mortem elsewhere163619-71
Inquest at Mortuary; no post-mortem1105-16
Total inquests held Battersea Mortuary10975335222
Post-mortems without inquest,Batter-sea Mortuary9---9
Total post-mortems held at Battersea Mortuary1012995144
Bodies received for sanitary reasons2---2
Other bodies on which no inquest held at Mortuary321-6
Total bodies received12377345239
VERDICTS AT INQUESTS HELD-
Natural causes Accidental Death-642871100
Asphyxia2---2
Bathing-1--1
Burns and scalds36--9
Deaths under anaesthetic13--4
Drowning1---1
Fall81111-30
Railway and street accidents91511-35
Septicaemia42--6
Tetanus following injury-1--1
Other accidents111-3
Open Verdict- Found drowned
---11
Stillborn5--27
Want of attention at birth-1-12
Suicide- Cut throat
21-3
Drowning1-3-4
Hanging-1--1
Jump from high place1---1
Poisoning-Coal gas21--3
„ Drugs, etc.13--4
Homicide. Blow (manslaughter)
I---1
Abortion2---2
Infanticide1---1
Grand Total10975335222

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Sanitary Staff.
The personnel of the staff of the Health Department will be
found fully set out on page 3. No change in the personnel took
place during 1925.