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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

Lambeth 1902

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902

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Table: Particulars as to cases of Drowning, Accidental Death, and Suicide that have occurred In the Borough of Lambeth during 1902, and in the old Parish during the five years (1896-1900).

Particulars as to cases of Drowning, Accidental Death, and Suicide that have occurred In the Borough of Lambeth during 1902, and in the old Parish during the five years (1896-1900).

High Street.Wanless Road.Boro'Parish of Lambeth.Average 5 years 1896- 1900.
Total 1902.Total 1900.Total 1899.Total 1898.Total 1897.Total 1896.
M.F.Total.M.F.Total.
Drowning9...9.........961113167.4
Suicides14132161313.4
Poisoning11I456343443.6
Hanging1122135439...23.6
Throat cutting2241126345123.0
Jumping off heights.....................1.........20.6
Cutting Arteries.....................11.........0.4
Shooting...113...34214132.2
Railway Accidents.........1...11441132.6
Accidental Death3...3.........36112......3.8
Street Accidents.........4155397435.2
Murder112.........212...221.4
Burning134.........41231...1.4
Falling1...133671144...20
Bicycle Accidents.....................2...1......0.6
Strangulation and Suffocation...........................2......0.4
Found Dead3...3.........3..................
Bursting Blood Vessel1...1.........1..................
Killed1...1.........1..................
Manslaughter.........1122..................

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N.B.—Two bodies (both female) dead from Smallpox, and one body (female) dead from Diphtheria, were admitted
into the special room provided for infectious bodies at Wanless Road Mortuary.