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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 1910

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

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212
INQUESTS.
During the year 1910, within the Borough of Lambeth,
322 Lambeth eases 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 291 cases, inquests were held with the following
results:—
I. Natural Calses 174
II. Accidental Causes 83
Burns and Scalds 10
Drowning 2
Run over 16
Falls, etc 27
Suffocation 5
Fracture 13
Misadventure 4
Crushed 3
Blood Poisoning 3
III. Homicidal Causes 31
Suicide 30
Murder 1
Manslaughter —
IV. Open Verdicts 3
Found Drowned 3
Total 291