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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]

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50
No.
Sex.
Age.
Verdict.
11
m.
8 yrs.
Accidentally drowned.
12
m.
6 „
Convulsions from cerebral pressure, probably
caused by a fall.
13
m.
16 mos.
Asphyxia from spasm of glottis.
14
m.
11 wks.
Accidentally suffocated in bed.
15
f.
25 yrs.
Haemoptysis.
16
m.
60 „
Bullet wound in head. Suicide. Temporary
insanity.
17
f.
11 wks.
Collapse consequent on gastro-enteritis
and diarrhœa and wasting.
18
m.
30 yrs.
Fracture of skull, caused by jumping
from a window during temporary
insanity.
19
m.
42 „
Drowning. Suicide during temporary
insanity.
20
m.
43 „
Found Drowned.
21
f.
77 „
Syncope due to fatty degeneration of
heart.
22
m.
35 „
Found drowned.
23
f.
50 „
Syncope from fatty heart, following
disease of lungs.
24
f.
5 wks.
Accidentally suffocated in bed.
INQUESTS—CHRISTCHURCH.
No.
Sex.
Age.
Verdict.
1
m.
1 mo.
Convulsive fit.
2
f.
1 mo.
Accidentally suffocated in bed.
3
m.
14 days
„ „ „
4
f.
16 mos.
Dentition. Convulsions.
5
m.
42 yrs.
Phthisis. Syncope.
6
m.
33 „
Fatty heart. Syncope. Accelerated by
drink.
7
m.
51 „
Rupture of aneurysm left pulmonary
artery.
8
m.
68 „
Heart disease.
9
f.
22 „
Found drowned.
10
m.
1 mo.
Acute pneumonia.
11
m.
74 yrs.
Accidental fall down stairs. Apoplexy.
12
f.
63 „
Fatty degeneration of heart. Syncope.
13
f.
2 „
Accidental fall. Cerebral abscess.
14
f.
53 „
Syncope.
15
m.
6 mos.
Exhaustion following inanition.
16
f.
5 „
Accidentally suffocated in bed.
17
m.
22 yrs.
Accidentally drowned while bathing.
18
f.
35 „
Found drowned.