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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 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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Inquests.
In the year 1883, 54 inquests were held. Subjoined
are the causes which produced death:—
Natural causes 19
Run over or knocked down in the street 5
Bums and scalds 3
Suffocation 3
Nitrous Oxide Gas when about to undergo
operation 1
Poisoning, Laudanum 1
„ Carbolic Acid 1
Exposure of infant after birth 1
Pistol-shot wound 2
Injuries received on stage at Drury Lane
Theatre 1
Injuries received in extinguishing fire at
Alhambra Theatre 1
Injuries received from fall from a ladder 1
„ „ falling down stairs 4
„ „ „ from cab 1
„ „ fall from window 1
„ „ falling of wall at
Turkish Bath, Leicester Square 1
Drowning, accidental 1
„ suicide when insane 4
„ (no evidence how deceased
came into the water) 3
54