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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 1899
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1899
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| High Street. | Wanless Road. | Total 1899. | Total 1898. | Total 1897. | Total 1896. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| Drowning | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 3 | 14 | 2 | |
| Suicides | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
| Poisoning | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Hanging | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Throat cutting | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Jumping off heights | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Throwing under Train | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Shooting | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 3 | — | ||||
| Railway Accidents | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | ||
| Accidental death | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Street Accidents | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | — | 3 | — | |||
| Murder | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||||||
| Burning | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | ||||
| Falling from heights | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | |||
| Bicycle Accidents | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Strangulation and Suffocation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
3 bodies dead from diphtheria (1 male and 2 females), and 1 dead from typhoid (male), were
admitted into the infectious Mortuary at Wanless Road.