Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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.
Sub.Districts.
Verdicts. | Total. | Battersea | Clapham | Putney | Streatham | WaDdsworth | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East | West | ||||||
78 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 18 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
9 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Suffocation | 28 | 16 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
Railway Injuries | 8 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 |
Scalds and Burns | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poisoning | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Concussion, Fracture, &c. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injuries from Fall | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Injuries | 7 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Hanging | 4 | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Shooting | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Drowning | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Cut-Throat | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
1 | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | |
Fractured Skull from being knocked down | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Manslaughter | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | 1 |
Execution | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
4 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | |
Found Dead | 2 | .. | 1 | •• | .. | • • | 1 |
174 | 45 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 35 |