Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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INQUESTS.
During the year 1900, 600 cases were submitted to the Coroner, who, in 80 instances, decided that no further inquiries were necessary; but, in the other 520 cases, held inquests with the following results:—
I. | Natural Causes | 223 |
II. | Accidental Causes | 262 |
Burns and Scalds | 30 | |
Drowning | 16 | |
Run over | 25 | |
Falls, &c. | 55 | |
Suffocation | 45 | |
Alcoholism | 21 | |
Knocked down by Engine | 5 | |
Gunshot Wounds or Fractures | 16 | |
Rupture | 8 | |
Exposure | 5 | |
Misadventure | 10 | |
Kicked by Horse | 1 | |
Self Neglect | 3 | |
Blood Poisoning | 11 | |
Crushed | 9 | |
Improper Feeding | 1 | |
Decapitated on Railway | 1 | |
III. | Homicidal Causes | 32 |
Suicide | 27 | |
Murder | 2 | |
Manslaughter | 3 | |
IV. | Open Verdicts | 3 |
Found Drowned | 3 | |
Found Dead | — | |
Total | 520 | |
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