Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
48
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth | ||
14 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 30 | 94 | |
Run over by motor vehicles | 2 | i | 6 | i | 10 | |
Falls | i | 2 | . . | 3 | i | 7 |
Suffocated in bed with parents | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 6 |
Fall down flight of stairs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Killed by bomb dropped from hostile aircraft | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 |
Burns | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Knocked down by train | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Knocked down by tramcar | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Gunshot wounds | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Suffocated in bath | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Fall on open knife | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Exposure | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Ptomaine poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Fall from window | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Cut throat | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Gunshot wounds | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Poisoning by Salts of Lemon | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Poisoning by Veronal | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Poisoning by Cyanide of Potassium | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Poisoning by Ammonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Foumd dead | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 26 | 18 | 40 | 24 | 42 | 150 |