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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
Lambeth 1897
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1897
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INQUESTS.
During the year 1897, 558 cases were submitted to the
Coroner who, in 81 instances, decided that no further
nquiries were necessary; but, in the other 477 cases, held
inquests with the following results :—
I.
Natural Causes
175
II.
Accidental Causes
254
Burns and Scalds
24
Drowning
20
Run over
20
Falls, &c.
65
Suffocation
49
Alcoholism
20
Knocked down by Engine
8
Improper Feeding
2
Gunshot Wounds or Fractures
2
Rupture
8
Exposure
1
Misadventure
12
Kicked by Horse
1
Injury to Head
1
Self Neglect
1
Blood Poisoning
12
Crushed
7
Executed
1
III.
Homicidal Cause
45
Suicide
38
Murder
4
Manslaughter
3
IV.
Open Verdicts
3
Found Drowned
1
Found Dead
2
Total
477