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 year1918
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth | ||
18 | 18 | 22 | 22 | |||
Run over by motor vehicles | — | — | 2 | 10 | ||
Falls | — | |||||
Fall down flight of stairs | — | 2 | ||||
Burns | 2 | — | — | |||
Suffocated by regurgitated food | — | — | 2 | — | ||
Fall from bicycle | — | — | — | 2 | ||
Asphyxia from coal gas | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
Injury at birth | — | — | — | 2 | ||
Drowning | — | — | — | 2 | ||
Scalds | — | — | — | 2 | ||
Overdose of veronal | — | — | — | — | — | |
Suffocated in bed with parents | — | — | — | — | ||
Electrocution by touching high tension Wire | — | — | — | — | ||
Hanging | — | — | 2 | 2 | ||
Cut throat | — | 2 | — | |||
Drowning | 2 | — | — | |||
Poisoning by coal gas | — | — | — | 2 | ||
Jumped from window | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
Gunshot Wounds | — | — | — | 2 | ||
Poisoning by hydrocyanic acid | — | — | — | — | ||
Poisoning by weed killer | — | — | — | — | ||
Jumped into copper of boiling water | — | — | — | — | ||
— | — | — | — | |||
Found dead | — | — | ||||
Found drowned | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
— | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |
Totals | 66 | 199 |