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Wandsworth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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42 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1937.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 307 persons dying in the Borough,
and on 236 Borough residents who died outside the Borough.
The next Table shows the results of the lindings of these
inquests.
TABLE XVII.
| Inquests. | Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from Natural | |||||||
| Causes | 53 | 42 | 42 | 54 | 45 | 71 | 307 |
| Accidental:— | |||||||
| Falls | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 43 |
| Knocked down by motor | |||||||
| vehicles | 5 | 4 | 11 | — | 3 | 8 | 31 |
| Falls from a height | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| Burns and scalds | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 6 | 14 |
| Falls from motor vehicles | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Thrown from bicycles | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 6 |
| Suffocation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Knocked down by tram- | |||||||
| car | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| Knocked down by railway | |||||||
| train | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 5 |
| Crushed by wall | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 5 |
| Septicaemia following | |||||||
| injury | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 7 |
| Suicidal:— | |||||||
| Poisoning by:— | |||||||
| Coal Gas | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 28 |
| Lysol | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 |
| Aspirin | — | — | — | 2 | .— | 1 | 3 |
| Veronal | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Poison not stated | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Drowning | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | — | 1 | 11 |
| Fall from a height | — | - | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 |
| Hanging | 1 | — | - | — | — | 2 | 3 |
| Cut throat | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Gunshot wounds | — | — | 1 | — | - | — | 1 |
| Run over by train | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Manslaughter | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Found drowned | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Found dead | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Result of war wounds | — | 13 | - | - | 1 | - | 14 |
| Totals .. | 81 | 87 | 89 | 83 | 68 | 135 | 543 |