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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 1891

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

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Table: TABLE XI.

TABLE XI.

Inquests.Total.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.
I Deaths from Natural Causes:7720716628
II Deaths from Violence:
(a) Accidental:
Falls73..1..3
Dead in bed with mother75......2
Poisoning with Carbolic Acid11........
Shock from burns11........
Drowning7..4....3
Suffocation3..12....
Crushed in lift1..1......
Choked by bone in gullet1........1
Wound of finger1........1
Injury to back1........1
Fracture of skull—knocked down by train1........1
Run over by cart1........1
(b) Suicidal:
Bullet wound1..1......
Drowning4..2....2
Hanging52..2..1
Cut throat1........1
Pistol shot2........2
(c) Homicidal:
(i.) Manslaughter—
Neglect11........
Fracture of skull1........1
(ii.) Wilful murder43....1..
Suffocation1........1
(iii.) Execution2........2
(d) Open Verdicts: Found dead31......2
Totals134371621753