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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Inquests,
violent Deaths.
The number of inquests held during the
year was 50, being 3 less than in 1891, thus
corresponding with the fewer deaths from violence,
and related to the cause of death of 27 males and
23 females. The following Table represents the verdicts
returned and the numbers and sex of the deceased:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 16 | 13 | 29 | ||
| Deaths from Violence, viz.: — | |||||
| Poisoning by Opium | — | 1 | |||
| Suffocation by neglect at Birth | —- | 2 | 3 | ||
| Accidental | Suffocation in bed with Parents | 2 | 4 | ||
| Drowning | 5 | — | |||
| From a Fall | 2 | 2 | |||
| Burns | — | 1 | 16 | ||
| Suicidal | Hanging | 1 | 1 | ||
| Homicidal | Execution | 1 | 1 | ||
| 27 | 23 | 50 | |||
Sanitation.
A summary of the sanitary operations conducted
during the year is contained in Table 13, on
page 96 of the introductory report on the entire district.
A great increase in the amount of sanitary work
carried out in the sub-district during the past year will be
found on reference to the Table. The numbers relating
to the several items of procedure show an increase in
most of the measures employed, and in some to a very
large extent, especially those relating to the removal of
nuisances generally. For the abatement of the latter
1,100 preliminary notices and 359 statutory notices were