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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 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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TABLE X.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Deaths from natural causes
12
18
30
„ „ violence, viz :—
Accidental
Poisoning by Morphine
1
—
22
Fracture of spine
—
1
Suffocation by smoke
—
1
„ in a fit
—
1
„ by impaction
of false teeth
in Larynx
—
1
„ by neglect at
birth
—
2
„ in bed with
parents
—
2
Drowning
4
3
Pistol shot
1
—
From a fall
—
3
Burns
1
—
Injury to head and
brain
—
1
Suicidal
Hanging
—
2
3
Drowning
1
—
Homicidal
Fracture
of skull
Man-
slaughter
—
1
6
Injury to
head
—
1
Starva-
tion
Wilful
Murder
1
—
Suffoca-
tion
1
—
Execution
2
—
Undetermined
"Found dead"
—
1
1
24
38
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Sanitation.
The Sanitary operations of the past year are
detailed in Table XIII. on page 22. The total, which
were no less than 12,225 in number, represent the
accomplishment of a vast amount of work, which, in
comparison with that of the year 1889, shews an unusally
large increase amounting in the aggregate to 2,843