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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
Fulham 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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C.— STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF INQUESTS held during the year, from the 26th March, 1888, to 25th March, 1889.
| Description. | Age. | Cause of Death. |
|---|---|---|
| Housemaid | 17 „ | Sudden. Cerebutis. P.M. |
| Iron fitter | 40 „ | Violent. Drowned |
| Son of a police constable | 7 „ | Ditto Ditto |
| Unknown | Newly born | Want of attention at birth |
| Son of a stonemason | 3 mths. | Found dead in bed. Suffocation P.M. |
| Carman | 36 yrs. | Sudden. Disease of heart. P.M. |
| Widow of a blacksmith | 33 „ | Found dead in bed. Suffocation, accidental |
| Nursery foreman | 45 „ | Sudden. Apoplexy |
| Laundress | 63 „ | Ditto. Disease of heart P.M. |
| Daughter of a labourer | 2 „ | Violent. Run over by omnibus |
| Daughter of a labourer | 11 mths. | Found dead in bed. Convulsions. P.M. |
| Wife of a commission agent | 24 yrs. | Violent. Poisoned herself with laudanum whilst of unsound mind |
| Son of an ironmonger | 16 mths. | Violent. Choked with a plum stone. P.M. |
| Son of a boot and shoe manufacturer | 20 „ | Violent. Fall down stairs |
| Gas engineer | 31 yrs. | Phthisis. P.M. |
| Widow of a gardener | 60 „ | Violent. Burns |
| Wife of a labourer | 29 „ | Sudden. Syncope |
| Paper hanger | 62 „ | Sudden. Disease of heart. P.M. |
| Wife of a joiner | 31 „ | Sudden. Embolism. P.M. |
| Book-keeping clerk | 20 „ | Pistol shot wound by his own hand, whilst of unsound mind |
| Unknown | Newly born | Found dead. Suffocation. P.M. |
| Wife of retired furniture dealer | 58 yrs. | Found dead in bed. Disease of heart |
| Son of a general servant | 4 mths. | Sudden. Pleurisy. P.M. |
| Coal carman | 37 yrs. | Sudden. Tumour on the brain. P.M. |
| Carman | 29 „ | Found dead. Hanged himself whilst of unsound mind through drink |
| Unknown | Newly born | Found dead. Want of attention at birth. P.M. |
| Son of a bootmaker | 7 yrs. | Obstruction of bowels through eating sage stalks. P.M. |
| Son of a carman | 6 mths. | Found dead in bod. Syncope. P.M. |
| Widow of a brickmaker | 68 yrs. | Found dead in bed. Disease of heart, P.M. |
| Daughter of a shoemaker | 30 hrs. | Sudden. Atalectasis. P.M. |
| Picture restorer | 69 yrs. | Sudden. Pleurisy. P.M. |
| Daughter of a labourer | 15 „ | Sudden. Syncope. P.M. |
| Daughter of a commercial traveller | 5 mths. | Found dead. Convulsions caused by improper food. P.M. |
| Son of a waiter | 3 „ | Found dead. Bronchitis. P.M. |
| Daughter of a railway booking clerk | 14 „ | Sudden. Spasm of Glottis. P.M. |
| Rope maker | 71 yrs. | Sudden. Apoplexy. P.M. |