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Wandsworth 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Inquests—Deaths ly Violence.— Uncertified deaths.—The
inquests held during the year were 106 in number, or
less by 2 than in the previous year, and formed 4 per
cent, of the total deaths.

Table: The whole of the deaths which formed the subjects of inquiry in the district as well as in the several sub-districts, with the verdicts, are enumerated in the following table:—

The whole of the deaths which formed the subjects of inquiry in the district as well as in the several sub-districts, with the verdicts, are enumerated in the following table:—

VERDICTS.SUB-DISTRICTS.
Battersea.Clapliam.Putney.Streatham.Wandsworth.Total.
East.West.
Deaths from Natural causes :—171413542275
Deaths from Violence:—
Accidental:—
Fall from Van......1....1
Fall from Window... ...1....1
Drowning92152524
Run over by Train .22....138
Suffocation822..1114
Burning21......25
Fracture..........22
Fall..2........2
Concussion3..........3
Run over by Vehicle2..........2
Wound of Head••••1......1
Suicidal:-
Hanging..1..2..14
Shooting....11....2
Drowning..1..1....2
Poison..........11
Cut-throat..2..••....2
Homicidal:—
Murder..1....113
Execution..........11
Want of attention at Birth....3......3
Found Dead....221..5
Found Drowned..3..1....4
Not Specified••••1•••1
433124191039166
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