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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 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Inquests.
In the year 1876, there were held 54 inquests-
Subjoined are the causes which produced death:—
Natural causes ,, 23
Drowning (No evidence to show how
deceased came into the water 4 6
Drowning (Suicide) 2
Suffocation (Infants whilst sleeping with
Parents) 2
Run over or knocked down in the street 3
Burns and Scalds 3
Injuries received from falling down stairs 3
Pistol shot wound 1
Injuries received at the Charing Cross
Railway Station 1
Injuries received from the falling of a
wall 1
Cause not specified 2
Poison (Laudanum taken by a man when
insane) 1
Poison, Alcoholic (inadvertently administered
to an infant) 1
Abscess of Brain (accidental blow on
head) 1
Fractured Skull (caused by the machinery
at the Queers Theatre) 1
Injuries to Head (caused by the floor of a
room giving way) 1
Cut Throat (Suicide) 1
Injuries received from fall from ladder 1