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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 1917

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXXVII.

TABLE XXXVII.

INQUESTS.Sub-Districts.Whole Borough.
Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth
Deaths from Natural Causes138..719
Accidental:
Run over by motor vehicles1143312
Falls224..210
Killed by bomb dropped from hostile aircraft3132..9
Burns2..1..58
Knocked down by tramcar....2215
Drowning....1..24
Scalds1..2..14.
Fall down flight of stairs2......1• 3
Run over by horse vehicles1....2..3
Fall from roof....1..12
Death under an anæsthetic..1....12
Run over by train....1....2
Fall from tree....1....1
Fall down lift well1........1
Fall on spiked railings....1..1
Fall through glass roof........11
Kicked by runaway horse........11
Swallowed halfpenny......11
Struck by trolley pole of tramcar........11
Tetanus following injury to foot........11
Crushed between buffers of railway wagons1........1
Crushed by falling barrel..1......1
Struck in adbomen by rake......1..1
Crushed by travelling crane........11
Suicidal:—
Drowning....11..2
Hanging....2....2
Cut throat1......12
Gunshot wounds....1....1
Poisoning by Cyanide of Potassium........11
Poisoning by Hydrochloric Acid....1....1
Totals1710341132104