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Inquests.
Sixty inquests have been held; the verdicts were as follows:—
January 21st. Seven.—Found drowned (2), Syncope, Accidentally suffocated in bed,
Internal injuries, Convulsions, and Apoplectic fit.
February 4th. Two.—Pericarditis; Marasmus.
„ 18th. Two.—Found drowned in River Thames, and Sudden syncope from heart disease
due to excessive drinking.
March 4th. Four.—Suicide by drowning in a tank whilst mentally deranged ; Accidentally
drowned by falling into the water; Accidentally suffocated in
bed, and Sudden syncope.
„ 18th. Two.—Run over by a van, and Puerperal-metritis after child birth.
April 1st. None.
„ 15th. One.—Asphyxia, consequent on a fit.
May 6th. Five.—Gastric irritation, Found drowned in the Thames, Rupture of an
aneurism of the aorta, Exhaustion following fracture of thigh,
and Constricted congenital hernia.
„ 20th. One.—Accidental asphyxia and internal injuries from pressure of rice bags,
a pile of which had fallen upon him whilst at work.
June 2nd. Two.—Accidental exhaustion from bed sores, and Accidental paralysis from
abscess on the brain.
„ 16th. Three.—Convulsions (2), Apoplexy.
July 1st. None.
„ 15th. One.—Accident.
September 2nd. Nine.—Found drowned in the Thames, (4), Fracture of skull in the
Docks (2), Syncope due to fatty degeneration of the heart, and
Internal injuries from being run over by a van.
„ 16th. Two.—Exhaustion following diarrhoea, and Drowned by falling off a barge
into the Thames.