London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| INQUESTS | PARISHES. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | Putney | Streatham | Tooting | Wandsworth | Total | |
| 21 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 48 | 113 | |
| Suffocation in bed with parents | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| Suffocation | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Drowning | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Crushed by lift | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Knocked down by bicycle | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Burns | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Falls | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | 5 | 15 |
| Poisoning by carbolic acid | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Thrown out of trap | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Haemorrhage at birth | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Run over in street | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Poisoning by coal gas | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Blood poisoning after injuries | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Poisoning by corrosive sublimate | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Fall from window | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Poisoning by spirits of salts | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| ,, oxalic acid | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| ,, prussic acid | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| carbolic acid | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Loss of blood from wound | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Gunshot wound | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Hanging | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Cut throat | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Drowning | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Burns | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Drowning | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Suffocation | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 40 | 37 | 32 | 17 | 81 | 207 |