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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 Giles (Camden) 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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Inquests.
During the year inquests were held on 98 persons, of whom 65 died
from natural, 27 from accidental, and 6 from wilful or suicidal causes.
The following Table will show the verdicts of the coroner's juries:

Table: TABLE No. 22.—Showing the Number of Inquests in 1876, with the Cause of Death.

TABLE No. 22.—Showing the Number of Inquests in 1876, with the Cause of Death.

Cause of Death.St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles South.St. Giles North.Total.
Natural Causes.Apoplexy and diseases of brain218421
Paralysis...1...1
Convulsions1113
Lung diseases18312
Heart diseases311216
Aneurism......11
Dropsy...1...1
Haimorrhage......11
Kidney diseases...2...2
Measles......11
Syphilis...1...1
Natural decay and exhaustion...2...2
Accidental Causes.Drowning......11
Burns1...12
Starvation...1...1
Suffocation46616
Injuries to head from a fall11...2
„ by being run over by an omnibus...1...1
„ by being knocked down by cab1......1
„ by being run over by a van...1...1
„ from a fall...1...1
., to lungs...1...1
Wilful or Suicidal Causes.Suffocation1......1
Hanging and strangulation1...12
Pistol shot through brain1......1
Poison by oxalic acid1......1
Fractured skull (manslaughter)...1...1
Total18582298

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Deaths not Certified.
During the year only 6 deaths were registered as not certified, and
5 of these were deaths of children prematurely born, but the mothers
were attended by qualified midwives. The reason that so few uncertified
deaths are registered in the District is that in such cases the
Coroner holds an inquisition.