Fatality Reports were created for 328 individuals whose bodies were recovered at the site of the RMS Titanic disaster. These files form a unique sub-set within the records of the Medical Examiner for the City of Halifax and Town of Dartmouth held at the Nova Scotia Archives. The dataset is provided by the Government of Nova Scotia and was last updated on April 17, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze demographic patterns of fatalities based on recovered individual records
- Study historical disaster response and record-keeping based on medical examiner reports
- Cross-reference Titanic passenger lists with recovered bodies based on fatality reports
Strengths
- Fatality reports for 328 individuals provide a specific, documented subset of Titanic disaster data.
- Records are sourced from the authoritative Nova Scotia Archives, part of RG 41, Series C, Vols. 75, 76 & 76A.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Nova Scotia
- Collection Method
- Fatality reports created by the Medical Examiner for the City of Halifax and Town of Dartmouth.
- Time Range
- 1912
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:32:27.234961; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Site of the RMS Titanic disaster; bodies recovered and documented in Halifax/Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.