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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 1898

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1898

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Table: INQUESTS. During the year 1898, 586 cases were submitted to the Coroner who, in 84 instances, decided that no further inquiries were necessary; but, in the other 502 cases, held inquests with the following results:—

INQUESTS. During the year 1898, 586 cases were submitted to the Coroner who, in 84 instances, decided that no further inquiries were necessary; but, in the other 502 cases, held inquests with the following results:—

I. Natural Causes213
II. Accidental Causes244
Burns and Scalds36
Drowning13
Run over29
Falls, &c.43
Suffocation65
Alcoholism16
Knocked down by Engine1
Improper Feeding1
Gunshot Wounds or Fractures12
Rupture—
Exposure3
Misadventure6
Kicked by Horse1
Injury to Head—
Self Neglect—
Blood Poisoning5
Crushed12
Executed
Sucking Phosphorous Matches1
III. Homicidal Causes42
Suicide33
Murder4
Manslaughter5
IV. Open Verdicts3
Found Drowned3
Found Dead—
Total502