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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 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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22
Inquests.
In the year 1877, there were held 63 inquests
Subjoined are the causes which produced, death:—
Natural causes 29
Drowning (No evidence to show how
deceased came into the water 6
9
Drowning (Accidental) 1
Drowning (Suicide) 2
Injuries to Skull (caused by the machinery
at the Alhambra Theatre) 1
Epilepsy caused by alcoholic poison 1
Injuries received at the Temple Station
of the Metropolitan District Railway 1
Run over or knocked down in the street 3
Fracture of Orbit and Laceration of Brain
caused by blow from an umbrella 1
Fall from a window 1
Cause not ascertained 3
Fall from scaffolding 1
Injuries received from falling down stairs 3
Kick from a horse 1
Injuries received at the Charing Cross
Railway Station (S.E.R.) when shunting 1
Suffocation from fire 1
Injuries received from the falling of a
cask at the St. James's Hall Restaurant 1
Injuries received on the Charing Cross
Railway Bridge by a passing train.
No evidence to show how deceased
came upon the line 1