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St Giles (Camden) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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76
Inquests,
92 cases of sudden and violent deaths were investigated
by the Coroner.
51 of the deaths were from disease or natural causes.
29 were from different kinds of accident or violence.
11 were from suicide, and 1 was homicidal.
The causes of death as returned by the Coroner's Juries may be classified as follows:—
| Causes of Death. | Registration Sub-District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | Total. | ||
| From natural causes. | Diseases of brain and nervous system | l | 4 | l | 6 |
| Diseases of heart and circulatory system | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 | |
| Diseases of lungs and respiratory system | 4 | 10 | 4 | 18 | |
| Other diseases | 3 | 6 | — | 9 | |
| From accidental [causes. | Fractures, falls, contusions, &c. | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| Suffocation (in bed with parents) | — | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Poison (strychnine) | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Burns | — | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Drowning | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | |
| From suicidal causes. | Poison (laudanum, 1), (hydrochloric acid, 1), (sulphuric acid, 1) | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Hanging | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | |
| Bullet wound | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Drowning | — | 2 | — | 2 | |
| From wilful cause. | Suffocation . . | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total. | 24 | 49 | 19 | 92 | |
77 of the inquests were held at the Coroner's Court,
Goldsmith Street, and 15 at Public Hospitals and other convenient
places appointed by the Coroner.
24 of the deceased were parishioners of St. George,
Bloomsbury, and 68 belonged to St. Giles-in-the-Fields.