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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 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XLII.

TABLE XLII.

INQUESTS.Sub-Districts.
Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
Deaths from Natural Causes:—259241651125
Accidental:—
Suffocation in bed with parents512......8
Falls1133...8
Suffocation3221...8
Burns...............3
Run over by brick cart...2.........2
„ „ steam motor...11......2
,, ,, omnibus...1......12
Drowning...............2
Blood poisoning from wounds......1...12
Struck by train......2......2
Shock by having fractured her arm..................
in bed.........1...1
Poisoning by suphonal......1.........
,, laudanum............11
Suicidal:—..................
Drowning12.........3
Cut throat2.........24
Hanging11......13
Run over by train...1......12
Poisoning by carbolic acid...............2
„ chlorodyne1............1
,, prussic acid...1.........1
,, oxalic acid...............1
„ ammonia............11
„ coal gas............11
Gunshot wounds...1.........1
Homicide:—..................
Strangulation11.........2
Open Verdicts:—..................
Found drowned...2......24
Strangulation1............1
Fracture of skull on railway......1......1
,, rib and laceration of lung.........1...1
Totals4126392367196