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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 1897
[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.
TABLE XI.
| Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 23 | 8 | 31 | |
| Suicidal | Oxalic Acid Poisoning | — | 1 | 1 |
| Suffocation from drowning | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Rupture of Abdominal organs by throwing herself from a window | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Accidental | Rupture of Heart through filling upon platform from a moving train | 1 | — | 1 |
| Asphyxia by drowning | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Suffocation while in bed with parents | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Coma from falling down well of staircase | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Fracture of Skull | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Fracture of Cervical Vertebrae | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Ruptuie of Bladder | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Asphyxia in an epileptic convulsion | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Shock from burns | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Homicidal | Haemorrhage and shock from fractured thighs | 1 | — | 1 |
| Open Verdicts.. | Suffocation at or soon after birth | 1 | — | 1 |
| Suffocation from ligature round throat | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Brain disease consequent upon Alcholism | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Disease of Liver consequent upon alcholism | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Disease of Heart consequent upon alcholism | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Diarrhoea and neglect on part of mother | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Poisoning by Ammonia | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Execution | 1 | — | 1 | |
| 39 | 20 | 59 | ||