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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 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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| High Street. | Wanless Road. | Boro' | Parish of Lambeth. | Average 5 years 1896-1900. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1903. | Total 1900. | Total 1899. | Total 1898. | Total 1897. | Total 1896. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||||||||
| Drowning | 5 | 1 | 6 | - | — | - | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 7.4 |
| Suicides | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 13.4 |
| Poisoning | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.6 |
| Hanging | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | — | 2 | 3.6 |
| Throat cutting | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3.0 |
| Jumping off heights | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 0.6 |
| Cutting Arteries | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | 0.4 |
| Shooting | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2.2 |
| Railway Accidents | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.6 |
| Accidental Death (sudden) | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 | - | — | 3.8 |
| Street Accidents (run over) | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5.2 |
| Murder | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Burning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.4 |
| Falling | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 2.0 |
| Bicycle Accidents | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 0.6 |
| Strangulation and Suffocation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 0.4 |
| Found Dead | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bursting Blood Vessel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — |
| Killed | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Manslaughter | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | - |
| Fits | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
N.B.—No body (dead from infectious disease) was admitted during 1903 into the special room provided for infectious
bodies at Wanless Road Mortuary.