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Surbiton 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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presentment of a Jury, representing the loss and
inconvenience caused them by having to go to
Kingston to attend inquests, and requesting that
steps might be taken to provide the necessary
accommodation. Efforts have now been made to
find a suitable spot on which to build, but so far
without success, and presumably it will have to be
erected in the rear of the new buildings ; but
though the difficulty is now the greater to find a
proper location, it is indispensable and must be
arranged for, and in as central a part as possible.
The Surbiton Cottage Hospital have enlarged and
added to the one under their management, and it
is much to be regretted that the Committee did
not see their way to accept the proposal of the
Council, and erect one that would have answered
all purposes ; for though difficulties were raised
they were not apparently insuperable, and two
Mortuaries need not have been built when one
would have sufficed.
Inquests.

The following is a list the cases and ages:—

Ages.Causes of Death.
72 yearsApoplexy.
48 „Alcoholism.
19 „Asphyxia.
4 monthsImproper Feeding.
11 „Convulsions.
41 yearsSuicide (shot).
89 „Fall.
65„Suicide (drowning).