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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.
TABLE XX.
| INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 28 |
| Accidental:— | ||||||
| Knocked down by motor vehicles | 4 | — | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| Falls | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Knocked down by passing train | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | |
| Fall down flight of steps | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Burns | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Suffocated in bed with parents | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Fall from ladder | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Fall ffom scaffold | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Fall from swing boat | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Fall from roof | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Fall from window | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Overdose of morphia | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Injury to foot | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Crushed by crane | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Thrown from motor cycle | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Suffocated by bone in throat | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Scalds | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Suffocated by Benzol vapour | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Electrocuted whilst at work | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Thrown from horse | -- | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Caught by revolving machinery | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Knocked down by tram car | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Drowning | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Suicidal:— | ||||||
| Drowning | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Poisoning by Corrosive Sublimate | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Poisoning by Morphia | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poisoning by Potassium | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Poisoning by Nitric Acid | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Cut throat | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Gunshot wound | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Fall from window | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Run over by train | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Open Verdicts:— | ||||||
| Found drowned | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 19 | 8 | 30 | 11 | 26 | 94 |