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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Of the deaths from Suicidal causes three were from 15 to 25
years, seven from 25 to 45 years, six from 45 to 65 years, and five
over 65 years.
The number of deaths from Violence is 29 more than in 1910,
but is three under the corrected decennial average.
Inquests.
The next Table shows the number of Inquests held in the
Borough during the year.
The total number was 192, compared with 189 in 1910, 208 in
1909, 205 in 1908, 181 in 1907, and 215 in 1906.
41 of the Inquests were held on persons who died in Clapham,
28 in Putney, 51 in Streatham, 20 in Tooting, and 52 in Wandsworth,
In 126, or 65.6 per cent. of the cases, a verdict of death from
Natural causes was returned; in 45, or 23.4 per cent., from Accidental
causes; in 16, or 8.3 per cent., from Suicidal causes; in
three Open verdicts; in one Murder; while one Execution took
pace.
18 of the Inquests were held on persons not belonging to the
Borough who died in the Borough. Three of these were on persons
who died in the Prison, one in the Tooting Bec Asylum, one in
the River Thames, one in the Priory, three in the Middlesex County
Asylum, and nine in other places and on the street.