Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916
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INQUESTS. | Sub-Distrcts. | Whole Borugh. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth | ||
19 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 36 | 97 | |
Knocked down by motor vehicles | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
Falls | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Killed by bombs dropped from hostile aircraft | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 5 |
Drowning | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | 8 |
Fall from bicycle | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Asphyxia whilst in fit | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Starvation and exposure | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Suffocated in bed with | ||||||
parents | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Food poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Fall from roof | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Injury to hand whilst at | .. | |||||
work | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Crushed by falling tree | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Knocked down by train | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Knocked down by horse van | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Gunshot wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Burns | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Meningitis following injury | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
to nose | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Hanging | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Drowning | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
Poisoning by Hydrochloric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Acid | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Poisoning by Oxalic Acid | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
,, ,, Coal Gas | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Cut throat | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Gunshot wounds | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Threw himself in front of a | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
van | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Threw himself in front of a | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
tram | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
.. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Found drowned | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Found dead | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Totals | 28 | 27 | 35 | 18 | 64 | 172 |