Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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154 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | |
14 | 30 | 15 | 44 | |||
Falls | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | ||
Suffocated in bed | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||
Drowned | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
Struck by engine | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
Knocked down by tram-car | ... | ... | ... | ...1 | ||
Burns | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ...1 | |
Overdose of chlorodyne | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
,, laudanum | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Suffocation by cherry stone in throat | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
Poisoned by hydrochloric acid | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Crushed by steam roller | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Suffocated at birth | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Cut throat | ... | ... | 4 | |||
Hanging | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
Gunshot wounds | ... | ... | ... | |||
Drowning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Run over by train | ... | ... | ... | |||
Poisoning by cyanide of potassium | ... | 5 | ||||
„ oxalic acid | ... | ... | 3 | |||
,, phosphorous | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
,, chlorodyne | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
,, carbolic acid | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
,, coal gas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
,, Battle's Vermin Killer | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
,, corrosive sublimate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
,, hydrochloric acid | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
,, prussic acid | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Plucked out eyes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Haemorrhage from wound in wrist | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
Found drowned | ... | ... | ... | |||
,, dead | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
... | ... | ... | ... | |||
... | ... | ... | ... | |||
... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
Totals | 43 | 51 |