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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 1927

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927

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Table: Coroner's Court and Mortuary. Details as to the number of inquests held at the Coroner's Court, and bodies received into the Mortuary during 1927 are set out in the following table :—

Coroner's Court and Mortuary. Details as to the number of inquests held at the Coroner's Court, and bodies received into the Mortuary during 1927 are set out in the following table :—

Usual Place of Residence.Total
Battersea.Wands -worthElsewhere.Residence unknown
Inquest at Coroner's Court; postmortem at Mortuary6033114108
Inquest at Coroner's Court; postmortem elsewhere244717189
Inquest at Coroner's Court; no postmortem13137—33
Total inquests at Coroner's Court9793355230
Post-mortem at Mortuary, inquest elsewhere111--12
Post-mortem at Mortuary; no inquest (Coroner's Certificate)382-141
Total post-mortems at Mortuary10936115161
Bodies received for sanitary reasons2———2
Other bodies received on which no inquest held at Mortuary591—15
Total bodies received153105366300
VERDICTS AT INQUESTS HELD—
Natural causes39284—71
Accidental Death—
Asphyxia112—4
Burns and scalds63——9
Coal Gas poisoning—2——2
Deaths under anaesthetic221—5
Drowning——2—2
Fall14183—35
Railway and street accidents142213—49
Septicæmia following injury—————
Tetanus following injury—1——1
Other accidents32——5
Open Verdict—
Abortion—1——1
Found drowned——224
Potassium bromide poisoning—1——1
Stillborn31——4
Want of attention at birth—1—12
Suicide—
Asphyxia——1—1
Cut throat311—5
Drowning115—7
Firearms1———1
Hanging21——3
Poisoning—Coal gas33——6
„ Drugs, etc34119
Homicide. Abortion2———2
Infanticide———11
Grand Total9793355230