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 | ||
3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | ||
Knocked down by motor vehicles | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
Falls | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
Burns | — | — | — | 4 | ||
Drowning | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Tetanus following injury | — | — | _ | |||
Fall down flight of stairs | — | — | _ | _ | ||
Fall from ladder | — | — | _ | |||
Fall from tramcar | — | — | — | |||
Fall from tree | — | — | — | |||
Fall from bicycle | — | — | — | — | ||
Knocked down by horse vehicle | — | — | — | — | ||
Knocked down by train | — | — | — | — | ||
Fall of scaffold on head | — | — | — | — | ||
Crushed by lift | — | — | — | — | ||
Crushed by fall of wall | — | — | — | _ | ||
Exposure | — | — | — | — | ||
Drowning | _ | _ | _ | |||
Cut throat | — | _ | _ | — | ||
Gun shot wound | — | — | _ | _ | 1 | |
Hanging | _ | — | _ | 1 | ||
Run over by train | — | — | — | — | ||
Strangulation | — | — | — | — | ||
Found dead | — | — | 3 | |||
Totals | 15 | 9 | 23 | 19 |