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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 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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District.
19
During the spring when the deaths from this cause are
usually highest, there was a remarkable absence of cold
winds with much sunshine. The cool summer that
followed caused the low diarrhoeal mortality, so that the
climatic conditions were altogether favourable.
Inquests.—The next Table gives particulars of the
results of the Inquests held in the district during the
year.
There were 150 held; 72 verdicts were death from
natural causes, 53 were accidental, 13 suicide, 1 homicide,
1 wilful murder, and 10 open verdicts.
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