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CI
Inquests.
In the year 1882, 69 inquests were held. Subjoined
are the causes which produced death:—
Natural causes 25
Run over or knocked down in the street 11
Burns and scalds 4
Suffocation (Children when in bed with
Parents) 4
Pistol-shot wound (suicide) 1
Injuries received in extinguishing fire at
Alhambra Theatre 1
Injuries received from falling down stairs 7
„ „ when fighting 1
„ „ from falling from a wall 1
„ ,, from fall through skylight 1
,, „ from falling from a stool 1
„ „ from falling from a window 1
,, „ from being squeezed between
railway car and
platform at Charing
Cross Station, S.E.R. 1
Poisoning with ether 1
Wounds of Throat with razor (suicide) 1
Wounds . 5
Drowning (no evidence how deceased
came into the water) 1
Hanging (suicide) 2
69