London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth | ||
| ... | 17 | 28 | 24 | 45 | 128 | |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Falls | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 5 | 12 |
| Knocked down by motor car | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Suffocated in bed with parents | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Scalds | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Fall from tramcar | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Run over by motor lorry | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Fall from ladder | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Thrown from horse | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Knocked down by train | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Drowning | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Suffocated at birth | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Fall from window | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Fall from scaffold | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Fall from van | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Fall from loft | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Suffocation by piece of bread in throat | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Crushed by machinery | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Thrown off motor cycle | ... | i | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Knocked down by bicycle | ...... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Knocked down by horse van | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Suffocation caused by collar pressing on throat when faint | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Suffocation by being pressed too closely to mother's breast | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Drowning | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4. |
| Poisoning by Coal Gas | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Gunshot wounds | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Hanging | ... | ... | 1 | i | ... | 2 |
| Poisoning by Oxalic Acid | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Poisoning by Cyanide of Potassium | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Found drowned | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 |
| Found dead | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 23 | 34 | 47 | 26 | 167 | |
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