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14
Suicide
Pistol Shot 1
Fall from Window 1
Poison 4
Hanging 1
Cut Throat 2
9
Manslaughter (Starvation of an infant) 1
Other 1
Total 50
During the year the deaths of 302 persons were inquired into by
the Coroners. Half of these were non-residents,
and the inquests on them were mostly held in
the London Hospital. In apportioning to each
Coroner a District, it was unfortunate that to one officer was
assigned a part of the Whieechapel District, while his colleague
has jurisdiction over the remainder. This is inconvenient, and if
no other way can be devised to overcome the difficulty, I shall
submit a proposition for your consideration when your Mortuary
has become ready for occupation. And here I would gratefully
allude to the labours of your Mortuary Committee. By the
courtesy of certain authorities concerned, various Metropolitan
Mortuaries have been inspected; and thus the Committee are
enabled to recommend for your consideration such structural plans
for a Mortuary which will prove a great boon to the District. The
arguments in favour of a well arranged Mortuary being in every
District are so well known, and moreover, have been so frequently
discussed by your Board, that I will pass on from this subject with
the hope that my next Report will contain a description of the
new buildings, and some of the benefits which have already
resulted from their possession.
Inquests.
Those cases where death occurred without medical attendance,
and where no inquest was thought by the
Coroners to be necessary, amounted to 6. One
man, aged 49 years, was a resident of the
Sailors' Home; 4 were infants, whose deaths
were certified by midwives to be due to "premature birth," and
who were aged only a few hours; whilst the remainining death
was due to Bronchitis, and was that of a child aged 2½ years.
Three were males, and 3 were females. Three were registered in
the Spitalfields Sub-District, and 1 each was registered in the
Uncertified
Deaths.