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 | PARISHES. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clapham | Putney | Streatham | Tooting | Wandsworth | Total | |
21 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 48 | 113 | |
Suffocation in bed with parents | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
Suffocation | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
Drowning | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 9 |
Crushed by lift | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Knocked down by bicycle | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Burns | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
Falls | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | 5 | 15 |
Poisoning by carbolic acid | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Thrown out of trap | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Haemorrhage at birth | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Run over in street | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Poisoning by coal gas | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Blood poisoning after injuries | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Poisoning by corrosive sublimate | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Fall from window | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Poisoning by spirits of salts | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
,, oxalic acid | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
,, prussic acid | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
carbolic acid | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Loss of blood from wound | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gunshot wound | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Hanging | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
Cut throat | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Drowning | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Burns | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Drowning | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
.. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Totals | 40 | 37 | 32 | 17 | 81 | 207 |