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Wandsworth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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184 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
39 of the Inquests were held on persons not belonging to the
Borough who died in the Borough. One of these was on a person
who died in the Prison, four in the River Thames, five in Putney
Hospital, one in the Fever Hospital, one in the Middlesex Asylum
five on the railway, and 22 in other places and on the street.
| INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
| 21 | 10 | 33 | 12 | 36 | 112 | |
| Knocked down by motor | 1 | 4 | 4 | ... | 1 | 10 |
| Falls | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 |
| Burns | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 |
| Struck by train | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Injury at birth | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Knocked down by tramcar | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Suffocated in bed with parents | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Fall from perambulator | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Caught in machinery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Knocked down by van | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Struck by counterweight of lift | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Fall from wall | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Fall down flight of steps | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Fall from omnibus | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Electrocuted whilst working crane | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Blow on head whilst at play | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Run over by road locomotive | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Fall from plank | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Drowning | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Strain whilst at work | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Hanging | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Drowning | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 |
| Cut throat | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Gunshot wounds | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Poisoning by hydrochloric acid | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Poisoning by coal gas | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Poisoning by arsenic | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Poisoning by "Lysol" | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Poisoning by strychnine | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Poisoning by formaldehyde | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Poisoning by carbolic acid | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Poisoning by oxalate of potash | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Run over by train | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Found dead | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Found drowned | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Totals | 35 | 32 | 55 | 17 | 50 | 189 |