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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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| High Street. | Wanless Road. | Total 1899. | Total 1898. | Total 1897. | Total 1896. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| Drowning | 6 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| Suicides | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Poisoning | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Hanging | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 6 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Throat cutting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Jumping off heights | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Cutting Arteries | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Shooting | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | ||
| Railway Accidents | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | — | ||
| Accidental death | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Street Accidents | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | — |
| Murder | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Burning | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Falling from cab | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | |
| Bicycle Accidents | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Strangulation and Suffocation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
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3 bodies dead from diphtheria (1 male and 2 females), 2 dead from typhoid (male and female), 1
(female) dead from Puerperal Fever were admitted into the infectious Mortuary at Wanless Road.