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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 1898
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1898
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Particulars as to cases of Drowning, accidental death, and Suicide, during 1896-98
| High Street. | Wanless Road. | Total 1898. | Total 1897. | Total 1896. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| Drowning | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 10 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| Suicides | 7 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Poisoning | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Hanging | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Throat cutting | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Jumping off heights | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Shooting | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Railway Accidents | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Accidental death | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |
| Street Accidents | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Murder (Shooting) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Burning | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Falling from heights | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | |
| Bicycle Accidents | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Strangulation and Suffocation | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
4 bodies dead from diphtheria (1 male and 3 females), were admitted into the infectious
Mortuary at Wanless Road, and 1 (diphtheria) was taken to High Street (where,
unfortunately, no separate infectious Mortuary exists,)