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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 1913

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

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158
INQUESTS.
During the year 1913, within the Borough of Lambeth,
316 Lambeth cases were submitted to the Coroner (who,
in 19 instances, decided that no further inquiries were
necessary, the deaths being due to natural causes). In
the remaining 297 cases, inquests were held with the following
result:—
I. Natural Causes 141
II. Accidental Causes 115
Burns and Scalds 13
Drowning 6
Run over 15
Falls, etc. 26
Suffocation 11
Fracture 19
Misadventure 14
Crushed 4
Blood Poisoning 7
III. Homicidal Causes 37
Suicide 34
Murder 2
Manslaughter 1
IV. Open Verdicts 4
Found Drowned 4
Total 297