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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Inquests.
The next Table shows the number of Inquests held during the
year in the Borough.
The total number was 177, compared with 196 in 1904, 208 in
1903, and 225 in 1902.
31 of the Inquests were held on persons who died in Clapham, 22
in Putney, 43 in Streatham, 27 in Tooting, and 54 in Wandsworth.
In 100, or 56.5 per cent, of the total Inquests, a verdict of death
from Natural Causes was returned; in 32, or 18.1 per cent, from
Accidental Causes; in 22, or 12.4 per cent, from Suicidal Causes
four were executed by order of the law; and in 19 open verdicts were
returned.