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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| High Street. | Wanless Road. | Boro' | Parish of Lambeth. | Average 5 years 1896-1906. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1008. | Total 1900. | Total 1899. | Total 1898. | Total 1897. | Total 1896. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||||||||
| Suicides | 14 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 13.4 | |||||||
| Drowning | 6 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 7.4 |
| Poisoning | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.6 |
| Hanging | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 | - | 2 | 3.6 |
| Throat cutting | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | - | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3.0 |
| Jumping off heights and in front of trains | - | - | - | 1 | I | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | -_ | 2 | o.6 |
| Shooting | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2.2 |
| Railway Accidents | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | I | I | 3 | 2.6 |
| Accidental Death (sudden) | 5 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 12 | - | - | 3.8 | |
| Street Accidents (run over) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | 5 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5.2 |
| Murder | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Burning (scalding) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | - | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1.4 |
| Falling | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | 2.0 |
| Bicycle Accidents | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 0.6 | |
| Suffocation in Sewer | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 0.4 |
| Found Dead | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bursting Blood Vessel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Killed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manslaughter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fits | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Under Chloroform | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
N.B.—Two bodies (diphtheria, i male and i female) were admitted during 1908, into the special room provided for
infectious bodies at Wanless Road.