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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

St Pancras 1865

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: [ TABLE VI.—continued. ]

[ TABLE VI.—continued. ]

Causes of Death.AGES AT DEATH.TotalOBSERVATIONS.
under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 to 85Unknown
SUICIDE—
Drowning............11......2In Regent's Canal.
Hanging...............3......3
Throwing self out of Window...............1......1
Stabbing.........11.........2By Stabbing himself in abdomen, 1; by wounds on throat and head, self-inflicted, 1.
Cutting Throat............21......3
Poison.........21...1...4By Hydrocyanic Acid, 1; by Sulphuric Acid, 1; Oxalic Acid, 2.
Gun Shot.........1............1
Total456116
MURDER— Infanticide16.....................16Found in Regent's Canal, 3; in Gardens, 4; at Railway Station, 1; at Pancras Workhouse, 1; in Squares 6; on Door Step, 1.