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Wandsworth 1916

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

TABLE XXXVI.

INQUESTS.Sub-Distrcts. Whole Borugh.
Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth
Deaths from Natural Causes191021113697
Accidental:—
Knocked down by motor vehicles3512415
Falls111227
Killed by bombs dropped from hostile aircraft....5....5
Drowning..2....68
Fall from bicycle1....12
Asphyxia whilst in fit..1....12
Starvation and exposure..1....12
Suffocated in bed with
parents....2....2
Food poisoning........22
Fall from roof1........1
Injury to hand whilst at..
work........11
Crushed by falling tree..1......1
Knocked down by train..........1
Knocked down by horse van......1..1
Gunshot wounds..........1
Burns........11
Meningitis following injury..........
to nose........11
suicidal:—............
Hanging1..1125
Drowning..1....23
Poisoning by Hydrochloric............
Acid........11
Poisoning by Oxalic Acid1........1
,, ,, Coal Gas........11
Cut throat....1....1
Gunshot wounds........11
Threw himself in front of a............
van..1......1
Threw himself in front of a..........
tram......1..1
Murder..1....12
Open Verdicts:—............
Found drowned12......3
Found dead..11....2
Totals2827351864172