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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 1899

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1899

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INQUESTS.

Table: During the year 1899, 519 cases were submitted to the Coroner, who, in 78 instances, decided that no further inquiries were necessary; but, in the other 471 cases, held inquests with the following results :—

During the year 1899, 519 cases were submitted to the Coroner, who, in 78 instances, decided that no further inquiries were necessary; but, in the other 471 cases, held inquests with the following results :—

I. Natural Causes217
II. Accidental Causes221
Burns and Scalds31
Drowning23
Run over21
Falls, &c.45
Suffocation33
Alcoholism17
Knocked down by Engine6
Gunshot Wounds or Fractures9
Rupture2
Exposure9
Misadventure7
Kicked by Horse2
Self Neglect5
Blood Poisoning0
Crushed3
Executed1
Shock from Electric Current1
III. Homicidal Causes33
Suicide28
Murder3
Manslaughter2
IV. Open Verdicts—
Found Drowned—
Found Dead—
Total471