Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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TABLE X.
INQUESTS. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths from Natural Causes: | 18 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 31 | 73 |
Accidental: | 14 | |||||
Suffocation in bed with parents | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | |
Erysipelas from burns | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Knocked down by train | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rupture of abscess | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Fractures | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Burns | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Poisoning | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Falls | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
Run over | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Suffocation | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Drowning | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Rupture of bladder | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Asphyxia in an epileptic fit | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Suicidal: | .. | .. | .. | |||
Cut throat | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Poisoning | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Hanging | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Bullet wound | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Suffocation from drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Rupture of abdominal organs by throwing herself from window | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Homicide: | ||||||
Hæmorrhage and shock from fractured thighs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Murder: | ||||||
Hæmorrhage from cord being cut, and want of attention at birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Open Verdicts: | ||||||
Suffocation at or soon after birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Want of attention at birth | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Pistol wound | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Found drowned | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Found dead | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Poisoning | .. | .. | l | .. | 1 | 2 |
Alcoholism | .. | .. | l | .. | 4 | 5 |
Suffocation | .. | .. | l | .. | 1 | 2 |
Diarrhoea and neglect by mother | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Execution | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 32 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 59 | 137 |