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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 1913
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1913
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Accidental Causes—
| Drowning | 4 | |
| Burns and Scalds | 10 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Falls, &c. | 31 | |
| Run over (in street and on railway) | 26 | |
| Suffocation | 11 | |
| Other Injuries | 13 | |
| 96 | ||
| Suicide— | ||
| Cut Throat | 3 | |
| Hanging and Strangulation | 2 | |
| Poison | 7 | |
| Drowning | 5 | |
| Other Method | 2 | |
| 19 | ||
| Homicide— | ||
| Suffocation | 1 | |
| Total | 248 | |
Ambulances.
The Council have provided a wheeled ambulance at each of
the following six points in the Borough :—
Queens Road (at Queens Circus).
Clapham Junction (at junction of Falcon Road and Lavender
Hill).
Bridge Road (at junction of Surrey Lane South and Bridge
Road).
York Road (at junction of York Road and Plough Road).
Battersea Park Road (outside Christ Church).
Nightingale Lane (Wandsworth Common end).
These ambulances are readily accessible to the public. They
are frequently availed of by the Police, and have proved of
valuable service in connection with street accidents, &c. Each
ambulance is provided with the necessary appliances, dressings,
&c., for rendering " first aid " to the injured.