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.
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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