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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| INQUESTS | PARISHES. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | Putney | Streatham | Tooting | Wandsworth | Total. | |
| Deaths from Natural Causes :— | 19 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 47 | 114 |
| Accidental:— | ||||||
| Suffocation in bed with parents | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Suffocation | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 7 |
| Falls | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Drowning | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
| Burns | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Poisoning by coal gas | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| „ weed killer | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ sulphuric acid | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ nitric acid | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Run over by vans | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 5 |
| „ motor car | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| ,, train | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Knocked down by horse | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Fall from tram car | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Blood poisoning from wounds | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Inhalation of chloroform | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Suicidal:— | ||||||
| Poisoning by chlorodyne | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| ,, carbolic acid | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| ,, hydrochloric acid | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| ,, oxalic acid | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Drowning | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Run over by train | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Gunshot wounds | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Cut throat | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Hang1ng | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
| Hæmorrhage from cutting blood vessels | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Homicide: | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Open Verdicts:— | ||||||
| Found drowned | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 |
| ,, dead | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Poisoning by oxalic acid | .. | •• | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Execution:— | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 34 | 27 | 46 | 22 | 79 | 208 |
The follow1ng Table shows the number of inquests held on
residents in the Borough who died outside the Borough. The
large number in which a verdict of accidental death was returned
is due to the fact that cases of accident are often removed from
this Borough to a general hospital where the inquest is held if the
case proves fatal.