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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 1906

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
the Middlesex County Asylum, two in St. Anne's Home, and 23
who died in other places, as in the Thames or on the streets.
The following Table shows the number of Inquests held on
residents in the Borough who died outside the Borough. 11 of
these deaths were from Natural, 42 from Accidental, and seven
from Suicidal causes, while in five open verdicts were returned.

Table: TABLE LV.

TABLE LV.

INQUESTS.Sub-Districts.
Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Boro'.
Deaths from Natural Causes:—2...42311
Accidental: -
Falls3i32211
Burns3......318
Knocked down by van......3...14
Scalds...1...1...2
Fall down an area......1...12
Knocked down by tram car......11...2
„ „ motor car1............1
„ „ cab......1......1
„ „ omnibus......1......1
Fall through skylight......1......1
„ down a shaft1............1
,, from swing-boat............11
„ „ roof......1......1
Fracture of neck by fall of box............11
Poisoning by stale fish............11
Blood poisoning......1......1
Swallowed some coins.........1...1
„ a nail.........1...1
Pinned against wall by pole of a van......1......1
Suicidal: —
Cut throat2............2
Suffocation............11
Drowning1............1
Run over by train............11
Poisoning by oxalic acid......1......1
„ hydrochloric acid.........1...1
Open Verdicts :—
Found drowned2............2
Death by misadventure......1...23
Totals15221121565