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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

Woolwich 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE XV.Return of Inquests held during the Year 1895.

TABLE XV.

Return of Inquests held during the Year 1895.

No.Name.Age.Address.Verdict of Coroner's Jury.
1Thomas Evans8420, Lower Market Street, WoolwichBronchitis.
2Catherine Jeffery596, James Place, WoolwichSyncope.
3James Newman601, Rope Yard Rails, WoolwichDo.
4Francis Elliott8723, Samuel St., WoolwichDisease of Kidneys.
5Margaret Sweeney6 w.2, Mary Ann Cottages, WoolwichWant of proper Food.
6Matilda Moriarty775, Catherine Sq., WoolwichCongestion of Lungs.
7Joseph 11. Reynolds484, Haviland Terrace, Boscombe, BournemouthFound Drowned.
8William Goodhew5 m.14, Rhea Street, North WoolwichCongestion of Lungs.
9Courtney Rhodes2529, West Hill, SydenhamSyncope after Fit.
10Sidney Ilemsley4 m.6, Cambridge Terrace, WoolwichBronchitis.
11Elsie Bohn11 m.33, Samuel St., WoolwichAsphyxia.
12Female320, Robert St., WoolwichBurns through throwing Paraffin on Fire.
13Alice R. Ryan1930, Brookhill Road, WoolwichPeritonitis.
14William Brown34R. A. BarracksSuicide by Cutting throat
15John Kelcher5926, Coleman St., WoolwichSuicide by poison.
16William Houstown17Cadets' HospitalInflammation of Brain by Blow from Racket ball
17Cornelius Driscoll338, Manor St., WoolwichInflammation of Lungs.
18James Walker20 m.11, Dicey St., WoolwichTumour on Brain.
19Alice Ruby5d.6, Sidney House, High St.,Suffocated in Bed.
20John Butfield60125, Greengate Street, PlaistowFound Drowned.
21William Thompson152, Malmsbury, PlaistowDo.
22Daniel O'Brien455, High St., WoolwichSyncope.
23Ada E. Owen2311, Prospect PL, WoolwichSuicide by Poison.
24William M. Leggatt3675, Orchard St., WoolwichFall from Scaffold.
25Frederick Stevens3318a, Orchard Street, WoolwichSuicide by Cutting throat
26James Smithson3521, Orchard St., WoolwichSuicide by Poison.
27Emily Martin3010, Siemens Rd., WoolwichIntestinal Twist.
28Mariam Dawkins681, Montague Cottages, WoolwichSyncope.
29Male2324, Rectory Grove, Wool-wichCaught in Machinery.