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Wandsworth 1912

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 155

Table: TABLE LXXV1I.

TABLE LXXV1I.

INQUESTS.Sub-Districts.
Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
Deaths from Natural Causes219161150107
A ccidental:—
Falls222118
Knocked down by motor...12115
Suffocated in bed with parents......11...2
Death under an anaesthetic......1...12
Scalds......1......2
Run over by train......1......2
Fall from window...............1
Run over by van...............1
Tetanus following cut on hand...1.........1
Blow on head whilst at play...............1
Burns.........1...1
Poisoning by Sulphonal............11
Suffocated by food in larynx............11
Loss of blood from cut............11
Gunshot wounds............11
Suicidal:—
Drowning141...39
Cut throat4.........26
Hanging2...1115
Poisoning by coal gas1......135
Poisoning by oxalic acid1...1......3
Poisoning by cyanide of potassium...............1
Poisoning by hydrochloric acid......1.........
Run over by train......1......1
Jumped from window......1......1
Gunshot wounds.........1...1
Open Verdicts:—
Found dead1...1...24
Found drowned12......14
Murder...12......3
Execution............11
Totals3621341873182

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88 inquests were held on persons belonging to the Borough
who died outside the Borough; 15 front Clapham, eight from
Putney, 26 from Streatham, 13 from Tooting, and 26 from Wandsworth,
and the following Table shows the causes of death. 21