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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Forty-seven Inquests have been held during the year, the following being the verdicts:—
| Males. | Females. Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Causes | 12 | 13 | 25 | |
| Accidental | Falls | 3 | 3 | |
| Suffocation in Bed with Parents | 4 | 1 | ||
| Knocked down by Train | 1 | |||
| Cardiac Failure under Anaesthetic | 1 | |||
| Exhaustion from Fractured Thigh | 1 | |||
| Exhaustion from Want of Food | 1 | |||
| — | — | 15 | ||
| Suicide | Poisoning by Ammonia | 1 | ||
| „ „ Carbolic Acid | 1 | |||
| „ „ Perchloride of Mercury | 1 | 3 | ||
| Homicide | Manslaughter—Fractured Skull | 1 | ||
| Wilful Murder—Suffocation | 1 | |||
| Open Verdicts | Burns at a Fire, no evidence to show how caused | 1 | ||
| Malnutrition, no evidence whether due to improper food or insufficient food | 1 | 2 | ||
| 28 | 19 | 47 | ||
Only two deaths were registered under the authority
of the Coroner without medical certificate or inquest.
This shows a satisfactory decrease year by year.
Disinfection.
As I stated in my Report for last year it has
been decided to erect a disinfecting station for Clapham.
There is unfortunately no further progress to report on
this matter however, owing to the impossibility of finding