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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
Mitcham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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12
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 38 residents dying within the district
and on 33 Mitcham residents who died outside the district, a total
of 71.
The following table shows the results of the findings of these inquests.
| Inquests. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Deaths from natural causes | 36 |
| Deaths from accidents:— | |
| Knocked down by motor vehicles | 7 |
| Septicaemia following injury | 4 |
| Suffocation | 3 |
| Falls | 11 |
| Suicide:— | |
| Poisoning by— | |
| Lysol | 1 |
| Coal gas | 4 |
| Cyanide | 1 |
| Fall over cliff | 1 |
| Hanging | 1 |
| Murder | 1 |
| Misadventure | 1 |
| Total | 71 |