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During the month of April—Three. Drowned in Thames; Stricture of Bowels;
Scalds from drinking boiling water from a kettle.
During the month of May—Eight. Found drowned in Thames, Two Drowned in
Docks; Fatty Degeneration of Heart; Manslaughter against Emily Burrell;
Iron Hook falling on head on Steamboat; Nitric Acid Poisoning; Acute
Peritonitis.
During the month of June One. Apoplexy.
During the month of July—Three. One Drowned in Docks; Acute Congestion of Brain;
Drowned in Thames.
During the month of August—Six. Two Drowned in Surrey Canal; Two Suicide, Cut
Throat; Lead Poisoning; Paralysis of Heart from over-feeding.
During the month of September—Four. One Suffocated in bed; Two Drowned in the
Thames; Fall out of loophole of warehouse.
During the month of October—Five. Drowned in Docks; Consumption; Shock from
falling out of bed; Decapitation from accidentally stumbling in front of an
engine ; Scalds by falling into a pan of boiling fruit at a jam factory.
During the month of November—Twelve. Two Congestion of Lungs ; Heart Disease ;
Acute Pneumonia from living in a damp house ; Cut to pieces by Goods Train;
Suicide by swallowing Carbolic Acid; Syncope following Broncho-Pneumonia ;
Suffocation from pressure of vomit in windpipe whilst suffering from alcoholic
excess : Syncope from alcoholic excess; Syncope from Acute Pericarditis arid
Broncho-Pneumonia; Gangrene of foot from injuries received in Tcoley Street;
Suicide by Drowning in the Thames.
During the month of December—Nine. Syncope from inflammation of right kidney;
Two Drowned in Thames; Accidentally suffocated in bed; Slow Asphyxia from
a tippet accidentally getting twisted round the head whilst alone in bed;
Burns by sparks from fire; Internal injuries from accidentally falling off a pile
of boards in Surrey Commercial Docks; suffocated through fire in the stock of a
fancy draper; Coma from Cerebral Haemorrhage.