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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 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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154 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE LXV.

TABLE LXV.

INQUESTS.Sub-Districts.
Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
Deaths from Natural Causes2614301544129
Accidental:—
Falls7152217
Suffocated in bed5...1......6
Drowned...21...14
Struck by engine......1......3
Knocked down by tram-car......1......12
Burns...1.........12
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............11
Suffocated at birth............11
Suicidal:—
Cut throat......2114
Hanging......1......4
Gunshot wounds......1...12
Drowning...2.........2
Run over by train...1......12
Poisoning by cyanide of potassium1...2115
„ oxalic acid11......13
,, phosphorous............11
,, chlorodyne............11
,, carbolic acid...l.........1
,, coal gas1............1
,, Battle's Vermin Killer1............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............11
,, dead1...1...13
Manslaughter...1.........1
Murder...1.........1
Execution............11
Totals4326512266208