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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

Wandsworth 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: TABLE XII.

TABLE XII.

Verdicts.Sub-Districts.
Total.BatterseaClaphamPutneyStreathamWandsworth
EastWest
Deaths from Natural Causes:1041530141936
Deaths from Violence: Accidental:••......••••••
Drowning1583..2..2
Suffocation26148....13
Railway Injuries521....2..
Scalds and Burns5..11..12
Poisoning2....1..1..
Concussion, Fracture, &c.10..11134
Injuries from Fall734........
Hydrophobia..............
Other Injuries633......1
Suicidal:
Poisoning2....1....1
Hanging1....1......
Shooting1..1........
Drowning4..013....
Cut-Throat4..22......
Homicidal:
Neglect at Birth312........
Manslaughter6............
Poisoning..6..........
Open Verdicts :
Found Drowned2..2........
Found Dead2..1......1
Newly Bern1..1........
Totals20852602271750

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Uncertified
Deaths.
The number of deaths in which the cause
was not certified by medical testimony, but in
which the Coroner did not think an inquest necessary,
was 52, as compared with 70 in the previous year. Of
the 52, 14 occurred in East Battersea, 16 in West Battersea,
5 in Clapham, 5 in Putney, 6 in Streatham, and
6 in Wandsworth.