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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
Battersea 1904
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904
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75
Accidental—
Misadventure
2
Suffocation in bed with parents
5
Falls, &c.
19
Run over in streets and on railway
10
Burns and scalds
8
Poisoning
1
Asphyxia
2
Improper feeding
9
Drowning
3
Other injuries, &c.
6
—
65
Suicide—
Cut throat
3
Poisoning
9
Hanging
4
Drowning
4
—
20
Homicide—
Fall
1
Stabbing
1
—
2
Total
204
Block Dwellings.
The following is a list of the artizans' dwellings of the
" block " type in Battersea with the number of tenements in
each:—