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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 1919
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919
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Report oj the Medical Officer of Health. 29
| INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham | j Tooting. | Wandsworth | ||
| 11 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 91 | |
| Falls | 1 | - | 3 | 6 | - | 10 |
| Run over by motor vehicles ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 7 |
| Burns | i | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Suffocation by obstruction in throat | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Dr wning | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Scalds | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Suffocated in bed with parents | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Fall down stairs | - | - | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Thrown from bicycle | — | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
| Kicked by horse | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poisoning by Spirits of Salts | - | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Fall from window | - | - | 1 | — | — | i |
| Fall from omnibus | - | - | - | — | 1 | 1 |
| Crushed by truck | - | — | — | 1 | - | 1 |
| Poisoning by Strychnine | - | — | — | - | 1 | 1 |
| Hanging | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Poisoning by Coal Gas | - | - | 2 | _ | 2 | |
| Poisoning by Spirits of Salts | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Poisoning by Chlorodyne | - | — | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Drowning | - | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Gun shot wounds | - | - | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Struck by train | - | - | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Cut throat | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Found drowned | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 16 | 25 | 30 | 26 | 53 | 150 |