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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
Hackney 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Number of bodies deposited in Mortuary 322
(a). To await inquests 318
(b). Upon request of relatives, to await burial 4
Number of Post-mortems performed 142
INQUESTS.
| Verdicts. | Sex. | |
|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | |
| Natural causes | 109 | 113 |
| Accidental Death | 50 | 18 |
| 14 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | |
| Open Verdict | 6 | 3 |
| Manslaughter ... | 1 | 1 |
| 180 | 138 | |
Table showing nature of above Suicidal and Accidental Deaths in the Hackney District during the Year ended 1895.
| SUICIDES. | ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nature ok kuici1jk. | No. | nature ok accidental death. | No. |
| Poisoning | 8 | Crushed Abdomen | 1 |
| Cut Throat | 3 | Blood Poisoning | 1 |
| Drowning | 3 | Fall | 17 |
| Hanging | 2 | Shock after operation | 1 |
| Shock from burns | 11 | ||
| Kick | 1 | ||
| Drowning | 8 | ||
| Run over | 9 | ||
| Shock from scalds | 5 | ||
| Pierced Ear | 1 | ||
| Fracture of Skull | 8 | ||
| „ Thigh | |||
| Injury to Spine | 1 | ||
| Strangulated | 1 | ||
| Knocked down by Train | 1 | ||
| 16 | 68 | ||