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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
Woolwich 1899
The eleventh annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1899
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INQUESTS 1899.
During the year 115 cases were submitted to the Coroner who, in 29 instances, decided that no further inquiries were necessary ; but in the other 86 cases, held Inquests with the following results:—
| I.—NATURAL CAUSES | 49 | |
| II.—ACCIDENTAL CAUSES | ||
| Burns | 1 | |
| Choked in eating | 1 | |
| Drowning | 3 | |
| Exposure | 1 | |
| Falls, &c. | 3 | |
| Fracture of skull | 1 | |
| Improper feeding | 1 | |
| Injuries caused | ||
| by fall of chimney stack | 1 | |
| by fall of chain, skip, &c. | 2 | |
| to spinal column in diving | 1 | |
| to left eye by stick | 1 | |
| Misadventure | 1 | |
| Run over | 3 | |
| Suffocation | 6 | |
| 26 | ||
| III.-HOMICIDAL CAUSES: | ||
| Suicide | 6 | |
| Murder, Manslaughter | 0 | |
| 6 | ||
| IV.—OPEN VERDICTS: | ||
| Found drowned | 3 | |
| Found dead | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 86 | |