London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth | Whole Borough. | |
| 21 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Falls | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Suffocated in bed | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ||
| Burns | 1 | ... | 3 | |||
| Crushed by motor lorry | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| Drowned | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Suffocation by piece of potatoe in throat | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Knocked down by motor | ... | ... | ||||
| Suffocated by getting a shawl round head | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Poisoned by opium | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Drowning | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 7 | |
| Cut throat | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ||
| Hanging | ... | 1 | 3 | |||
| Poisoning by coal gas | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 | |
| ,, cyanide of potassium | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ||
| Strangulation | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Gun shot wounds | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... | |
| Found dead | i | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| „ drowned | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||
| Totals | 28 | 189 | ||||