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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
St Martin-in-the-Fields 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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21
Inquests.
In the year 1874, there were held 60 inquests.
Subjoined are the causes which produced death:—
Natural causes
20
Drowning
2
Injuries received from falling down stairs
3
Cause not ascertained
1
Falls from Houses
2
Suffocation
9
Run over or knocked down in the street
4
Intemperance
2
Burns and Scalds
4
Injuries received from the falling of a
brick wall
1
Pistol and gunshot wounds
2
Fall through a skylight
1
Injuries received from falls in the street
2
Chloroform
1
Cut Throat
2
Injuries received from falling down Artesian
Well in Orange Street
1
Poisoning by Carbolic Acid
1
Injuries received at Charing Cross
way Station
1
Kick from a Horse
1
60