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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 1897

[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 X.

TABLE X.

INQUESTS.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Totals.
Deaths from Natural Causes:1841643173
Accidental:14
Suffocation in bed with parents4..4..6
Erysipelas from burns1........1
Knocked down by train1........1
Rupture of abscess1......1
Fractures1..1....4
Burns1......12
Poisoning....1....1
Falls....2....4
Run over....1....1
Suffocation..1......1
Drowning..1......3
Rupture of bladder........11
Asphyxia in an epileptic fit........11
Suicidal:......
Cut throat....2..2
Poisoning....2..13
Hanging....1....1
Bullet wound..l......1
Suffocation from drowning........11
Rupture of abdominal organs by throwing herself from window........11
Homicide:
Hæmorrhage and shock from fractured thighs........11
Murder:
Hæmorrhage from cord being cut, and want of attention at birth1........1
Open Verdicts:
Suffocation at or soon after birth2......13
Want of attention at birth....1....1
Pistol wound1........1
Found drowned1........1
Found dead....1....1
Poisoning....l..12
Alcoholism....l..45
Suffocation....l..12
Diarrhoea and neglect by mother........11
Execution........11
Totals32735459137