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Wandsworth 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 25
TABLE XIX.
| INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 15 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 36 | 92 |
| Accidental:— | ||||||
| Falls | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| Knocked down by motor vehicles | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Drowning | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Burns | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Knocked down by horse vehicle | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Fall from motor cycle | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Struck by passing train | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Fall down stairs | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Suffocated whilst in epileptic fit | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Drug habit | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Fall from Retort House | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Fall from back of coal cart | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Suffocated in bed with parents | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Gunshot wounds | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Suicidal:— | ||||||
| Poisoning by coal gas | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Drowning | — | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Hanging | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 7 |
| Cut throat | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| Run over by passing train | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Jumped in front of omnibus | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Poisoning by Spirits of Salts | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poisoning by Cresolene | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Open Verdicts:— | ||||||
| Found drowned | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Murder | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 20 | 28 | 39 | 24 | 50 | 161 |