Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1898
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TABLE VIII.
Abstract from Mortuary Register for 1898.
Date. | Age. | Sex. | Inquest or no. | Post Mortem or no. | Cause of Death. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb. 3 | 50 years | Female | Yes | No | Found drowned |
,, 8 | 32 „ | Female | Yes | Yes | Perforated bladder |
Mar. 14 | 3 „ | Male | No | No | Diphtheria |
„ 16 | 60 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Ruptured bowel |
„ 17 | 3 „ | Female | Yes | No | Acute inflammation produced by the deceased having swallowed a quantity of ammonia |
April 4 | 28 „ | Male | Yea | Yes | Cartridge penetrated brain (manslaughter) |
„ 25 | 63 ,, | Male | Yes | Yes | Heart disease |
25 | 42 „ | Male | Yes | No | Suicide during temporary insanity |
„ 25 | 53 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Syncope from failure of heart's action |
May 22 | 28 „ | Male | Yes | No | Found drowned |
June 3 | 40 „ | Female | No | No | Heart disease |
,, 14 | 37 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Chronic lead poisoning |
July 6 | 80 ,, | Female | Yes | Yes | Natural causes |
,, 19 | 7 weeks | Male | Yes | Yes | Half fits and half convulsions |
,, 26 | 34 years | Male | Yes | No | Suicide during temporary derangement |
Aug. 14 | Abt. 30yrs. | Male | Yes | No | Suicide, there being no evidence to show the state of deceased's mind |
„ 16 | 73 years | Male | Yes | No | Suicide during temporary insanity |
„ 23 | 84 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Asphyxia |
Sept. 9 | 62 ,, | Male | Yes | Yes | Syncope, consequent upon ribs being fractured and penetrating lungs |
„ 16 | 6 ,, | Male | Yes | Yes | Accidental death due to shock following scalds |
Oct. 10 | 57 „ | Female | Yes | Yes | Natural causes |
„ 16 | 53 ,, | Female | Yes | Yes | Natural causes |
,, 25 | Male | Yes | Yes | Half fits and half convulsions | |
Nov. 3 | 33 „ | Male | Yes | No | Suicide whilst temporarily insane |
„ 10 | 14 months | Female | Yes | Yes | Convulsions |
„ 15 | 23 years | Female | Yes | Yes | Suicide during temporary insanity |
„ 18 | 59 ,, | Male | Yes | Yes | Compression of the brain, result of a fall |
„ 26 | 3 ,, | Female | Yes | Yes | Injury to brain and bowel, the result of a fall downstairs |
,, 29 | 61 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Accidental death |
Deo. 16 | 10 „ | Female | Yes | Yes | Fever |
,, 16 | 47 ,, | Male | Yes | Yes | Aneurism of the aorta |
,, 20 | Male | Yes | Yes | Suffocation | |
,, 22 | 61 „ | Male | Yes | Yes | Heart disease |