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, Metropolitan Borough]
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INQUESTS. | Clapham. | Putney | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 55 | 100 | |
Suffocation | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 5 |
Falls | 4 | .. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
Run over, Railway &c. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Suffocation in bed with parents.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 |
Burns | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
Fracture of leg | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Fracture of leg and neck | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Fracture of arm and shock | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Injury to knee and shock | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Heart disease and suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Blood-poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Fracture of rib | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Administration of chloroform | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Fracture of neck | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Fracture of skull | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
Hæmorrhage from umbilicalcord | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Hæmorrhage from want of attention at birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Poisoning from guaiacol | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Thrown out of van | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Train accident | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cerebral congestion | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hanging | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
Bullet wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Drowning | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cut throat | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Oxalic acid poisoning | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gun shot | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Carbolic acid poisoning | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Irritant poisoning | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Fracture of skull | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 |
Poisoning by morphia | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 |
Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Syncope | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Bullet wound | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 |
Suffocation, newly born | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Fracture of skull | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hanging | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Drowning | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 7 |
Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
Chronic Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
Cause of death not ascertainable | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Embolism from injury to arm | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Peritonitis accelerated by chronic lead poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Found dead on railway, &c. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Totals | 31 | 21 | 33 | 13 | 98 | 196 |