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Uncertified Deaths.
Twelve deaths are uncertified. Four were of adults and eight of infant?. On all
these cases the Coroner stated that, in his opinion, an inquest was not necessary. In 1801
fifteen deaths were not certified. In 1892 nineteen. In 1893 seventeen.
Inquests.
Fifty-nine inquests have been held. Verdicts were:—
Jan. 27th.—Eight. Drowned in the Docks; do. in Surrey Canal; Fatty degeneration of
heart; Convulsions; and four suffocated in bed.
Feb. 17th.—Three. Syphilis; Heart Disease; Drowned in Thames.
March 81st.—Two. Suicide by Hanging; Injuries from falling on to the Quay.
April 28th.—Six. Drowned in Docks; Drowned in Thames; Suicide by cutting throat;
Suffocated by steam; Fatty degeneration of heart; Suffocated by phlegm in
throat.
May 26th.—Two. Found Drowned in Thames.
June 30th.—Five. Meningitis due to fall; Drowned in Docks; do. in Surrey Canal;
Convulsions; Rupture of aneurism of Aorta.
July 28th.—Four. Two drowned in Docks; Acute Congestion of the Lungs; Drowned in
closet pan.
Aug. 25th.—Two. Heart disease; Drowned in Thames.
Sept. 29th.—Eight. Three suffocated in bed; Two drowned in the Docks; Congestion of
Lungs; Syncope from Pleurisy; Poisoned by accidentally drinking Hydrochloric
Acid.
Oct. 27th.—Five. Drowned in Docks; Heart disease; Exhaustion following amputation of
leg; Hemorrhagic Apoplexy; Suffocation in bed.