London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Battersea 1899
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1899
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| From Natural Causes | 154 | |
| From Violent Causes:— | ||
| Suffocation in bed with parents | 17 | |
| Falls | 24 | |
| Burns | 3 | |
| Scalds | 3 | |
| Suffocation | 4 | |
| Poisoning | 3 | |
| Injury to foot | 1 | |
| Run over | 7 | |
| Injury to face | 1 | |
| Injury by machinery | 1 | |
| Drowning | 4 | |
| Choking | 1 | |
| Other injuries | 1 | |
| 70 | ||
| Shot | 5 | |
| Poisoning | 3 | |
| Drowning | 4 | |
| Knocked down by train | 1 | |
| — | 13 | |
| Strangulation ... | 1 | |
| Injuries to head | 1 | |
| — | 2 | |
| 4 | ||
| Alcoholic poisoning, &c. | 5 | |
| Scalds | 1 | |
| Found dead on railway | 1 | |
| — | 11 | |
| Total | 250 | |