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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
St Martin-in-the-Fields 1899
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899
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Inquests.
During the year 1899, inquests were held in the Parish in
reference to the deaths of 43 persons, of whom 10 were residents,
and also 4 inquests were held respecting the deaths of parishioners
outside the Parish.
The causes which produced death were as follows:—
| Natural causes | 13 |
| Poison, Nitric Acid (suicide) | 1 |
| Burns | 1 |
| Privation | 1 |
| Intemperance | 2 |
| Drowning | 6 |
| Suffocation (infant), when in bed with parents | 1 |
| „ from the fumes of a conflagration | 1 |
| Shock from fright and a fall during attempted rescue at a fire | 2 |
| Hemorrhage from navel cord, newly born .. | 2 |
| Chloroform when about to undergo an operation | 1 |
| Injuries received when driving a cab | 1 |
| „ „ whilst attempting to enter a train when in motion | 1 |
| Injuries received by jumping from a window when of unsound mind | 3 |
| Injuries received from being run over by a train | 1 |
| Injuries received from falling over a piece of timber | 1 |
| Injuries received from a fall in the street | 1 |
| „ „ „ falling off a cab when in a fit | 1 |
| Injuries received from being run over or knocked down by vehicles in the street | 4 |
| Injuries received from falling down stairs | 2 |
| „ „ by an Acrobat when performing at the Empire Music Hall | 1 |
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