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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 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: Particulars as to cases of Drowning, Accidental Death and Suicide that have occurred in the Borough of Lambeth during 1907, and in the old Parish during 5 years (1896-1900).

Particulars as to cases of Drowning, Accidental Death and Suicide that have occurred in the Borough of Lambeth during 1907, and in the old Parish during 5 years (1896-1900).

High Street.Wanless Road.Boro'Parish of Lambeth.Average 5 years 1896-1900.
Total 1907.Total 1900.Total 1899.Total 1898.Total 1897.Total 1896.
M.F.Total.M.F.Total.
Suicides10111144182914132161313.4
Drowning8191-11061113167.4
Poisoning---5499343443.6
Hanging1-16-67439-236
Throat cutting1-11-12345123.0
Jumping off heights and in front of trains---1-111---20.6
Cutting Arteries-------11---0.4
Shooting-------214132.2
Railway Accidents2-21-13441132.6
Accidental Death (sudden)1-121346112--3.8
Street Accidents (run over)2-21124397135.2
Murder-11-11212-221.4
Burning (scalding)22422481231-1.4
Falling---21331144-2.0
Bicycle Accidents1-1---12-1--0.6
Strangulation and Suffocation---------2--0.4
Found Dead-113-34------
Bursting Blood Vessel-------------
Killed-------------
Manslaughter-------------
Fits-------------
Under Chloroform-------------
N.B.-Two female bodies (one dead from diphtheria and one from scarlet fever) were admitted during 1907 into the special room provided for infectious bodies at Wanless Road.