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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
Lambeth 1897
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1897
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Particulars as to cases of Drowning, accidental death, attd Suicide,
during 1896-97.
High Street.
Wanless Road.
Total
1897.
Total
1896.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
Drowning
10
3
13
10
3
14
2
Suicides
2
—
2
4
1
5
6
1
12
1
Poisoning
—
1
1
2
1
3
2
2
3
1
Hanging
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
Throat cutting
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
2
—
Jumping off heights
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—2
—
Shooting
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
3
—
Railway Accidents
1
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
3
—
Accidental death
5
1
6
6
—
6
—
—
—
—
Street Accidents
4
—
4
1
—
1
4
—
3
—
Murder (Shooting)
1
1
2
—
—
—
1
1
—
2
Burning
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
—
—
Falling from heights
—
—
—
4
—
4
4
—
—
—