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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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Table: Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

II. Violence:—
(a) AccidentalFalls4
Injury to Foot1
Burns2
Suffocation1
Run over by Train3
Perforation of Stomach1-12
(b) SuicideHanging2
Bun over by Train1-3
(c) MurderStrangulation1-1
III. Open VerdictsInjuries to Head1
Found Dead1-2
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Uncertified
Deaths.
Twelve cases of sudden death were submitted
to the Coroner in which inquests were deemed unnecessary.
Seven were of males and five of females.

Table: The causes of death were as follows:—

The causes of death were as follows:—

Apoplexy1
Heart Disease2
Scarlet Fever1
Premature Birth3
Old Age1
Rheumatism1
Perforation of Intestine1
Asthma1
Convulsions1
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The Sanitary operations of the year are given in Table
XIII. of the combined Report. The number of house
to house inspections was 1843, an increase of over 700
upon the work of the previous year. As I had occasion