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152 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE LXV.
INQUESTS.
Sub-Districts.
Clapham.
Putney.
Streatham.
Tooting.
Wandsworth.
Whole
Borough.
Deaths from Natural Causes
26
14
30
15
44
129
Accidental:—
Falls
7
1
5
2
2
17
Suffocated in bed
5
...
1
...
...
6
Drowned
...
2
1
...
1
4
Struck by engine
...
...
1
...
...
3
Knocked down by tram-car
...
...
1
...
...1
2
Burns
...
1
...
...
...1
2
Overdose of chlorodyne
...
...
1
...
...
1
,, laudanum
...
...
...
1
...
1
Suffocation by cherry stone in
throat
...
...
1
...
...
1
Poisoned by hydrochloric acid
...
...
...
1
...
1
Crushed by steam roller
...
...
...
...
1
1
Suffocated at birth
...
...
...
...
1
1
Suicidal:—
Cut throat
...
...
2
1
1
4
Hanging
...
...
1
...
...
4
Gunshot wounds
...
...
1
...
1
2
Drowning
...
2
...
...
...
2
Run over by train
...
1
...
...
1
2
Poisoning by cyanide of potassium
1
...
2
1
1
5
„ oxalic acid
1
1
...
...
1
3
,, phosphorous
...
...
...
...
1
1
,, chlorodyne
...
...
...
...
1
1
,, carbolic acid
...
l
...
...
...
1
,, coal gas
1
...
...
...
...
1
,, Battle's Vermin Killer
1
...
...
...
...
1
,, corrosive sublimate
...
...
...
...
...
1
,, hydrochloric acid
...
...
...
...
...
1
,, prussic acid
...
...
...
1
...
1
Plucked out eyes
...
1
...
...
...
1
Haemorrhage from wound in wrist
...
...
1
...
...
1
Open Verdicts:—
Found drowned
...
...
...
...
1
1
,, dead
1
...
1
...
1
3
Manslaughter
...
1
...
...
...
1
Murder
...
1
...
...
...
1
Execution
...
...
...
...
1
1
Totals
43
26
51
22
66
208