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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Violence.
111 deaths from Violence were registered during the year,
83 of these having been caused by Accident or Negligence, 27 by
Suicide, and one from Homicide. 23 of these occurred n Clapham,
10 in Putney, 33 in Streatham, nine in Tooting, and 37 in
Wandsworth.
in all these deaths inquests were held.
Inquests.
The next Table shows the number of inquests held during
the year in the Borough. The total number was 208, compared
with 225 in 1902.
34 of the inquests were persons who died in Clapham, 27 in
Putney, 46 in Streatham, 22 in Tooting, and 79 in Wandsworth.
In 114 or 54.8 per cent. of the inquests a verdict of death
from natural causes was returned; in 55 or 26.4 per cent. from
accidental causes; in 23 or 11 per cent. from suicidal, one from
homicide; in 12 open verdicts were returned, and three were
executed by order of the law in H.M. Prison, Wandsworth.
44 of the inquests were held on persons not belonging to the
Borough who died in the Borough. Six of the inquests were on
persons who died in the Tooting Bee Asylum, seven in the Middlesex
County Asylum, 12 in H.M. Prison, two in the Workhouse,
one in St. Ann's Home, and 14 on persons who died in other
places, as the River Thames, and on the streets.