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Inquests.
Enquiries were held on the bodies of 39 males
and 25 females, in all 64, being 9 more than those of
the previous year. The verdicts were as follows:—
From Natural Causes 32
„ Accidental 19
Found Drowned 3
„ Dead 4
Suicide 6
64
Of the Accidental causes—3 by falls, 3 from burns,
4 suffocated in bed, 7 drowned in the Thames, 1 run
over, 1 fractured skull.
The suicides were respectively—2 by poison, 1 by
shooting, 2 cut-throats, 1 hanging.
Of the found dead, 2 were on the railway, 1 a newly
born infant on Clapham Common, and a verdict of wilful
murder was returned against some person unknown on
the body of a newly-born female child found with its
throat cut, in Bolingbroke Grove.
In addition to the above inquests, 28 cases of sudden
death were submitted to the Coroner, who did not deem
an enquiry necessary.
Of Infants suffocated in bed with their parents there
are 3, and occurred on the following dates:—
Monday, September 20th.
Saturday, December 25th.
Sunday, December 26th,
Social
Position.
The per-centage of deaths, in relation to
social position is as follows:—
Nobility and Gentry 31=2.300
Professional 42=3.116
Middle and Trading Class 157=11.646
Labouring 1118=82.938
1348=100.000