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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 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE XIV.Return of the number of Bodies received into the Mortuary during the year1898.

TABLE XIV.

Return of the number of Bodies received into the Mortuary during the year1898.

No.Date received at Mortuary.Name.Age.Address.Cause of Death.
1January 3rdEdward Bagley4275, Elizabeth Street, North WoolwichAccidentally Drowned.
2„ thAlbert Aitken967, Westdale Road, PlumsteadAccidentally Run Over.
3„ 22ndFrank Smith36Canning TownAccidentally Drowned.
4„ 25thJohn Cannon5832, Ropeyard RailsLung, Heart and Liver Disease.
5„ 22ndPaul Gibbons377, Warren LaneSyncope.
6Feb. 4 thIsaac Swann6359, Davey Terrace, North WoolwichFracture of Skull.
7„ 20thGeorge Royal355, Little Thames Street, West GreenwichAccidentally Drowned.
8„ 22ndKate Davies4244, Ropeyard RailsPhthisis.
9March 14 thJohn Woodhurst675, High StreetPhthisis.
10„ 16thWilliam Adcock4556, Edward Street, Canning Town ......Bronchitis.
11„ 18thMichael Hurley6143, Ropeyard RailsBronchitis.
J2„ „Harry Shackleton8 months48, Brookhill RoadDiphtheria.
13„ 19Benjamin Bailey5427, Hardens ManorwayFound Drowned.
14„ 23rdJohn AhearnS677, Brookhill RoadSyncope.
15April 4thCharles Coggings3 months51, High StreetConvulsions.
16„ „Earnest Cox1 month4, Elizabeth Place, High StreetAccidentally Suffocated.
17„ 9thHarriet Steward3619, Kidd StreetBullet Wound, Wilful Murder.
18„ 12thCharlotte Gorman5112, Collingwood StreetPneumonia and Pleurisy.
19„ I5thTames Smith28R. A. BarracksSuicide by Cutting Throat.
20„ 19thFoster Langford917, Grove Road, Strood, KentAccidentally Drowned.
21May 14thMary Parsons4328, Engineer RoadSyncope from Heart Disease.
22„ 19thRuth Hardy6835, Manor StreetSyncope from Fatty and Dilated Heart.
23„ 31stRose Brant3 weeks69, Gildersome StreetAccidentally Suffocated.
24June 16 thAnnie Gibbons2 months6, New StreetAccidentally Suffocated.
25„ 25thHenry Morris1541, Grange Road, PlaistowAccidentally Drowned.
26„ „Thomas Roach3877, High StreetAortic Aneurism.
27„ 9thWilfred Thurgood328, Warwick StreetFound Dead in Thames.
28July 6 thMaleabout 45UnknownFound Dead in Thames.
29„ 10thThomas Hansbury575, High StreetFatty Degeneration of Heart.
30„ 16thFrank Hayles30Mate of Barge “Enterprize”Accidentally Drowned.
31„ 18thCharles Galloway2 days76, Henry StreetAccidentally Suffocated.
32„ „Mary Kirk6132, Hardens ManorwayHæmorrhage of Brain.
33„ 19thThomas Matthews747, Woolwich RoadAccidentally Drowned.