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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 1914

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

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138
INQUESTS.
During the year 1914, within the Borough of Lambeth, 351
Lambeth cases were submitted to the Coroner (who, in 26 instances,
decided that no further inquiries were necessary, the deaths being
due to natural causes). In the remaining 325 cases, inquests were
held with the following result—
1. Natural Causes 165
II. Accidental Causes 135
Burns and Scalds 11
Drowning 3
Run over 26
Falls, etc 35
Suffocation 11
Fracture 11
Misadventure 31
Crushed 3
Blood Poisoning 4
III. Homicidal Causes 20
Suicide 17
Murder 3
Manslaughter —
IV. Open Verdicts 5
Found Drowned 5
Total 325