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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Table: Details as to the number of inquests held at the Coroner's Court, and bodies received into the Mortuary during 1932 are set out in the following table :—

Details as to the number of inquests held at the Coroner's Court, and bodies received into the Mortuary during 1932 are set out in the following table :—

Details of Bodies Received.Usual Place of Residence.Total
Battersea.Wands -worthElsewhere.Residence unknown
Inquest at Coroner's Court—
Post-mortem at Mortuary3362224121
Post-mortem elsewhere155618291
No post-mortem184319282
Body not received—16613
Post-mortem at Mortuary—
No inquest (Coroner's certificate)5988101158
No inquest (doctor'scertificate)1———1
Other bodies received—
Sanitary reasons52——7
Total bodies received131251699460
Total inquests held661626514307
Total post-mortems held93150325280
VERDICTS AT INQUESTS HELD—
Natural causes10163130
Accident and Misadventure—
Abortion—Shock——1—1
Anaesthesia, Operation, etc.254—11
Asphyxia2101—13
Burns and scalds33——6
Drowning113—5
Fall92110—40
Injury at birth—2——2
Injuries (various)142—7
Poisoning—Coal gas1———1
„ Food—1——1
,, Lead11——2
Railway and street184020—78
War wounds——1—1
Open Verdict—
Asphyxia—1——1
Blow—1——1
Brain Abscess (origin unknown)—1——1
Burns———11
Drowning—1135
Fall121—4
Inattention at birth———11
Pneumonia———11
Poisoning—Carbon monoxide—1——1
„ Drugs, &c.—1——1
Railway——2—2
Still-born—1—67
Sepsis following Abortion—12—3
Unknown cause———11
Suicide—
Cut throat242—8
Drowning——1—1
Firearms—31—4
Hanging—3——3
Jump from high place122—5
Poisoning—Coal gas8253—36
„ Drugs, &c.5113—19
Railway1—1—2
Homicide—
Abortion (Sepsis)——1—1
Grand Total661626514307