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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 153
27 of the Inquests were held on persons not belonging to the
Borough who died in the Borough. Four of these were ou
persons who died in the Prison, one in the Tooting Bee Asylum,
one in the Workhouse, two in the River Thames, one in the
Priory, one in St. Anne's Home, and 17 in other places and on the
street.
90 of the Inquests were held on persons belonging to the
Borough who died outside the Borough: 17 from Clapham, 11
from Putney, 25 from Streatham, six from Tooting, and 31 from
Wandsworth, and the following Table shows the causes of death.
30 of these deaths were from Natural, 45 from Accidental, and
nine from Suicidal causes; in three Open verdicts were returned,
in two verdicts of Manslaughter, and in one of Murder were
returned.