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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
Battersea 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Coroner's Court and Mortuary.
Details as to the number of inquests held at the Coroner's Court, and bodies received into the Mortuary during 1930 are set out in the following table:—
| Usual Place of Residence. | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea. | Wands -worth | Elsewhere. | Residence unknown | ||
| Inquest at Coroner's Court; post-mortem at Mortuary | 30 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 78 |
| Inquest at Coroner's Court; post-mortem elsewhere | 29 | 63 | 28 | 1 | 121 |
| Inquest at Coroner's Court; no post-mortem | 10 | 22 | 14 | — | 46 |
| Total inquests at Coroner's Court | 69 | 121 | 48 | 7 | 245 |
| Post-mortem at Mortuary; inquest elsewhere | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post-mortem at Mortuary; no inquest (Coroner's Certificate) | 67 | 19 | 2 | - | 88 |
| Bodies received for sanitary reasons | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Other bodies received on which no inquest held at Mortuary | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Total bodies received | 138 | 142 | 51 | 7 | 338 |
| Total post-mortems at Mortuary | 97 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 166 |
| VERDICTS AT INQUESTS HELD— | |||||
| Natural causes | 20 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 44 |
| Accidental Death— | |||||
| Anaesthesia | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 |
| Asphyxia (mechanical) | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Burns and scalds | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 |
| Accident due to epileptic fit | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Fall | 13 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 51 |
| Silicosis | — | 1 | _ | _ | 1 |
| Railway and street accidents | 16 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 70 |
| Septicæmia following injury | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Cellulitis, &c., following injury | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Other accidents | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Open Verdict— | |||||
| Blow | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Coal Gas poisoning | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Knocked down on railway | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Found drowned | — | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Abortion | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Stillborn | — | - | — | 2 | 2 |
| Narcotic poisoning | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Want of attention at birth | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown cause | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Suicide— | |||||
| Burns | — | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cut throat | 3 | 4 | — | - | 7 |
| Drowning | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Jump under moving train | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Jump from high place | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| Hanging and strangulation | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Poisoning—Coal gas | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | 17 |
| „ Drugs, etc. | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 7 |
| Wound in stomach | — | 1 | — | - | 1 |
| Homicide. | |||||
| Manslaughter | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Murder | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Grand Total | 69 | 121 | 48 | 7 | 245 |