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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 1911

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE LXXVIII.

TABLE LXXVIII.

INQUESTS.Sub-Districts.
Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
Deaths from Natural Causes3°16291635126
A cddental:—
Falls6242418
Drowning...3......36
Suffocated in bed with parents1...1...13
Knocked down by motor car1...1......2
Suffocated at birth...11......2
Overdose of morphia......2......2
Run over by van......1...12
Burns......2......2
Poisoned by tinned pineapple1............1
Closure of tracheotomy wound......1......1
Struck by train......1......1
Strangulated by neck ribbon......1......1
Knocked down by bicycle............11
Fall from window............11
Blood poisoning following injury...............11
Suffocated by piece of bread in throat......1......1
Suicidal:—
Cut throat1111...4
Hanging......3......3
Strangulation...1......12
Jumped from window.........112
Poisoning by coal gas...1......12
,, „ oxalic acid......1......1
Gun shot wound......1......1
Run over by train1............1
Murder...1............1
Execution............11
Open Verdicts:—...
Found drowned...2......13
Totals4128512052921