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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

Wandsworth 1885

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

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The whole of the deaths which formed the subject
of a Coroner's inquiry in the several sub-districts are
classified according to the verdicts in the following
table.

Table: TABLE L.Sub.Districts.

TABLE L.

Sub.Districts.

Verdicts.Total.BatterseaClaphamPutneyStreathamWaDdsworth
EastWest
Deaths from Natural Causes78143094318
Deaths from Violence..............
Accidental Drowning932..1..3
Suffocation28166....14
Railway Injuries822....31
Scalds and Burns413........
Poisoning411....2..
Concussion, Fracture, &c.55..........
Injuries from Fall7..3........
Other Injuries713......3
Suicidal: Poisoning2..1........
Hanging4... .........
Shooting2........1..
Drowning3..1....11
Cut-Throat3....1....2
Homicidal: Cut.Throat1....l......
Fractured Skull from being knocked down1........1..
Manslaughter1........• •1
Execution1..........1
Open Verdicts Fonnd Drowned4..22......
Found Dead2..1••..• •1
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