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 1893

Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893

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Table: TABLE X.

TABLE X.

INQUESTS.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole District
I. Deaths from Natural Causes :161133559
II. Deaths from Violence :
(a) Accidental:
Burns2......24
Falls4......37
Drowning111..912
Blood Poisoning1......12
Suffocation..141713
Want of attention at biith..2......2
Poisoning..1......1
Knocked down by train....2....2
Perforation of stomach....1....1
Syncope from starvation........22
(4) Suicidal:
Poisoning112....4
Bullet wound1......12
Drowning..11....2
Cut throat....1....1
Hanging....1..12
Run over by train........22
(c) Homicide :
Exposure2........2
Injuries to vessels of tkroat11......2
Hæmorrhage from Umbilicus......1..1
III. Open Verdicts:
Hæmorrhage1........1
Suffocation2........2
Found drowned..1......1
Found dead........22
Totals321017565129