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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 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]

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Table: 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:—

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 Causes223
II.Accidental Causes262
Burns and Scalds30
Drowning16
Run over25
Falls, &c.55
Suffocation45
Alcoholism21
Knocked down by Engine5
Gunshot Wounds or Fractures16
Rupture8
Exposure5
Misadventure10
Kicked by Horse1
Self Neglect3
Blood Poisoning11
Crushed9
Improper Feeding1
Decapitated on Railway1
III.Homicidal Causes32
Suicide27
Murder2
Manslaughter3
IV.Open Verdicts3
Found Drowned3
Found Dead—
Total520
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