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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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| Sub-Districts. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INQUESTS. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. |
| 6 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |
| Falls | 3 | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Death under an anaesthetic | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Burns | i | i | 2 | 4 | ||
| Knocked down by motor | i | i | i | 3 | ||
| Drowning... | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Injury to foot | i | i | 2 | |||
| Knocked down by train | i | 2 | ||||
| Run over by dray | i | i | ||||
| Scalds | i | 1 | ||||
| Starvation... Knocked down by van | i 1 | i i | ||||
| Blood poisoning following injury.. | i | i | ||||
| Run over by steam lorry | 1 | i | ||||
| Cut throat | 2 | i | 3 | |||
| Poisoning by laudanum | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| ,, hydrochloric acid ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| ,, spirits of salts | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| coal gas | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Run over by train | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Hanging | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Narcotic poisoning | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Totals | 21 | 8 | 14 | 15 | i5 | 73 |