RETURN
OF DEATHS FROM STARVATION, PRIVATION, ETC., IN THE YEAR 1882
To an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 2nd April, 1883 for
RETURN of the number of Deaths in the METROPOLITAN DISTRICT in the year 1882upon which the Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of Death from Starvation, or Death accelerated by Privation
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DIVISION'S - CITY AND LIBERTY OF WESTMINSTER (W) & GREENWICH (G) COMBINED
Eastern Division ; Central Division Western Division
| SURNAME | GIVEN NAME | OCCUPATION | ADDRESS | AGE | DATE OF INQUEST | WHETHER RECEIVING OUT-DOOR RELIEF AT TIME OF DEATH | AMOUNT | WHETHER ADMISSION TO THE WORKHOUSE WAS OFFERED AND REFUSED | WHETHER ANY, AND, IF SO, WHAT OFFICER OF THE UNION OR PARISH WAS EXAMINED AT THE INQUEST |
VERDICT |
| RIDDIFORD | Lulu Alice, daughter | Gasfitter | 27 Little Windmill Street. - (W) | 5 Years | 12th April 1882 | No | - | No | No | That deceased died from acute bronchitis, |
| of Oliver RIDDIFORD | accelerated by want of attention and | |||||||||
| insufficient nutriment. | ||||||||||
| CHAPPELL | Harriett | - | St Paul, Deptford. - (G) | 50 Years | 21st March 1882 | No | - | No | Medical Officer | Inflammation and congestion of the lungs |
| from exposure to the weather. | ||||||||||
| ALLEN | Sarah Elizabeth | - | St Nicholas, Deptford. (G) | 77 Years | 12th December 1882 | Yes | 3s per week | Refused | Medical Officer | Congestion of the lungs from cold and want of |
| sufficient covering. | ||||||||||
| BOLTON | James | - | Greenwich. (G) | 60 Years | 21st December 1882 | Inmate | - | Inmate of | Medical & | Exhaustion from Diarrhoea. Death accelerated |
| Union | Relieving | by want of sufficient food and proper nursing. | ||||||||
| Infirmary | Officer |