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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 1905

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE LI I.

TABLE LI I.

INQUESTS.Sub-Districts.
Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Boro'.
Deaths from Natural Causes:—1611261631100
Accidental:—
Falls227314
Suffocation2...1...14
Drowning............44
Suffocated in bed with parents11.........2
Burns......1...12
Poisoning by opium1............1
„ „ sulphonal......1......1
Knocked down by tram car......1......1
„ „ bicycle......1......1
Sack of malt having fallen on him1............1
Fracture of jaw bone and tongue............11
Suicidal:—
Gunshot wounds1...3...15
Cut throat...12...14
Hanging1.........23
Poisoning by cyanide of potassium.........123
„ oxalic acid1............1
„ coal gas...1.........1
„ carbolic acid...1.........1
„ prussic acid......1......1
„ opium......1......1
Drowning...1.........1
Fracture of skull on railway......1......1
Execution :—............44
Open Verdicts:—
Drowned...3...238
Found dead121......4
Asphyxiated at birth2............2
Want of attention at birth...1...1...2
Fracture of skull at birth1............1
Injury at birth1............1
Found dead on railway......1......1
Totals3122432754177