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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 1908

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE LXII.

TABLE LXII.

INQUESTS.Sub-Districts.
Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
Deaths from Natural Causes :—25721026
Accidental:— Falls1...3239
Scalds1...2...14
Burns1...1...24
Run over by van1...11...3
Death under an anaesthetic......1113
Knocked down by train......1...12
,, ,, tram......11...2
Blood poisoning............22
Drowning.........112
Suffocated by piece of meat in throat1............1
Crushed by falling stone............11
„ between motor car and wall.........1...1
Run over by taxi-cab............11
Suicidal: — Cut throat...11...13
Gunshot wounds......1......1
Suffocated by coal gas.........1...1
Poisoning by spirits of salts............11
„ oxalic acid......1......1
„ an irritant poison............11
Open Verdicts:— Found drowned1...2......3
Manslaughter......1......1
Totals8623102673