Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |