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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF INQUESTS HELD
DURING THE YEAR.
Description.
Age.
Cause of Death.
Picture restorer
69 years
Pleurisy. P.M.
Daughter of a labourer
15 years
Sudden. Syncope. P.M.
Daughter of a commercial
traveller
5 months
Convulsions through improper
feeding
Son of a waiter
3 months
Bronchitis. P.M.
Daughter of a booking
clerk
14 months
Sudden. Spasm of Glottis. P.M.
Ropemaker
71 years
Sudden. Apoplexy. P.M.
Waterman
63 years
Sudden. Apoplexy
Child unknown
Newly born
Want of attention at birth. M.P.
Labourer
74 years
Hanged himself whilst of unsound
mind
Son of a tailor
10 weeks
Found dead in bed. Suffocation. P.M.
Daughter of a lath-render
4 months
Congestion of Brain. P.M.
Domestic servant
26 years
Rupture of Aorta. P.M.
Son of a carpenter
3 weeks
Found dead in bed. Suffocation. P.M.
Widow of postman
42 years
Poisoned herself with laudanum,
whilst of unsound mind
Daughter of coffee house
keeper
10 weeks
Found dead in bed. Syncope. P.M.
Son of gas stoker
1 hour
Malformation of Liver. P.M.
Gardener
58 years
Sudden. Disease of heart. P.M.
Wife of omnibus driver
49 years
Sudden. Disease of heart. P.M.
Pauper
83 years
Sudden. Disease of heart. P.M.
Dressmaker
55 years
Violent. Fall down stairs
Son of a joiner
10 weeks
Violent. Poisoned with ammonia.
Misadventure
Son of a paper hanger
3 years
Sudden. Pneumonia. P.M.
Wife of a railway labourer
24 years
Sudden. Pyæmia after parturation.
P.M.
Labourer
24 years
Fall from landing stage
Son of a tailor
24 years
Injury to finger
Infant unknown
Newly born
Wilful murder against person unknown.
P.M.
Daughter of Servant
3 months
Sudden. Convulsions. P.M.
Solicitor
38 years
Fall from horse
Widow of a tailor
52 years
Sudden. Cancer of womb. P.M.
Carpenter
48 years
Disease of kidneys. P.M.
Daughter of an omnibus
conductor
Newly born
Debility from birth. P.M.
Builder
53 years
Fall from window
Wife of a carpet beater
24 years
Post partum hœmorrhage. P.M.
Widow of cab proprietor
79 years
Disease of heart. P.M.
Gun and carriage attendant
57 years
Drowned himself whilst of unsound
mind
Horse Keeper
31 years
Sudden. Disease of heart. P.M.
Domestic servant
17 years
Sudden. Disease of heart. P.M.
Pensioned police constable
52 years
Sudden. Disease of heart. P.M.
Daughter of a needlewoman
6 months
Sudden. Convulsions. P.M.
Son of a carman
4 months
Found dead in bed. Suffocation. P.M.