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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 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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182
INQUESTS.
During the year 1907, within the Borough of Lambeth, 332
Lambeth cases were submitted to the Coroner (who, in 31
instances, decided that no further inquiries were necessary,
the deaths being due to natural causes). In the remaining
301 cases inquests were held with the following results:—
I Natural Causes '49
II. Accidental Causes 143
Burns and Scalds 23
Drowning 6
Run over 16
Falls, etc. 40
Suffocation 30
Fracture 10
Misadventure 10
Crushed 1
Blood Poisoning 1
Knocked down by train 3
Improper Feeding 3
III. Homicidal Causes 31
Suicide 27
Murder 3
Manslaughter 1
IV. Open Verdicts 9
Found Drowned 9
Total 332
Proposed Chapel of Rest.
The Council on November 28th, 1907, instructed the Public
Health Committee to consider and report as to the desirability