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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 1916
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916
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| INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | | Wandsworth | ||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 22 | |
| Falls | ... | ... | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Knocked down by motor vehicles | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Knocked down by tramcar | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 |
| Knocked down by train | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Burns | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Fall from bicycle | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Killed by bombs dropped from hostile aircraft | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Fall from loft Knocked down by horse | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| vehicles | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Poisoning by coal gas | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Fall of iron plate on head | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Scalds | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Fall from horse roller | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Explosion of beer barrel | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| ( Fall from window | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Food poisoning | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cut throat | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Drowning | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Poisoning by Hydrochloric Acid | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Poisoning by Oxalic Acid | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| ,, Strychnine | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| ,, Veronal | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Found dead | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Found drowned | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Totals | 17 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 25 | 82 |