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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 1895

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

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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

Table: TABLE X.

TABLE X.

INQUESTS.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Totals.
Deaths from Natural Causes:2510632871
Accidental:
Falls612..312
Suffocation in bed with parents6211211
Knocked down by train1..1....2
Cardiac failure under anaesthetic1........1
Exhaustion from fractured thigh1........1 .
Exhaustion from want of food1........1
Drowning..4....26
Poisoning by Carbolic Acid....1......1
Concussion of brain..1......1
Burns....1113
ltun over....21..3
Poisoning....1....1
Scalds......1..1
Suffocation from impaction of food in throat........11
Suicidal:
Poisoning311117
Shock through jumping out of window........11
Drowning..1....12
Hanging....1113
Cut Throat..11..13
Bullet wound in brain..1......1
Homicide, manslaughter :
Fractured skull1........1
Neglect......1..1
Wilful Murder
Suffocation1........1
......7..7
Executions:........22
Open Verdicts:
Burns—no evidence to show how caused1........1
Malnutrition1........1
Drowning..2....••2
Want of attention at birlh..........11
Cut throat—no evidence how caused........11
Totals4725161746151