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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 1898

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

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22 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

Table: TABLE X.

TABLE X.

INQUESTS.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Totals.
Deaths from Natural Causes:—1761054785
Accidental:—
Found suffocated in bed3531315
Falls4......711
Burns2......35
Poisoning1••1....2
Run over1........1
Drowning..1....23
Syncope..1......1
Suffocation from want of attention at birth..1......1
On railway....1....1
Injuries....6....5
Death under chloroform........11
Blood poisoning........11
Suffocation in a fit........11
Choked by food........11
Suicide:—
Drowning12......3
Sulphuric acid poisoning........11
Morphia poisoning1........1
Bullet wounds1..1..24
Hanging....11..2
Cut throat....2136
Fall from window••..••..11
Manslaughter :—
Fractured skull1........1
Neglect......1..1
Exposure••••••••11
Wilful murder:—Newly bom child1••••••••1
Open Verdicts:—
Poisoning....1....1
Injuries....2....2
Alcoholism....1....1
Newly born children found dead4........4
Found drowned1........1
Suffocation from want of attention at birth........22
No assigned cause••1••••••1
Totals381728976168