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Wandsworth 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Table XXII.
| Inquests. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 8 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 68 |
| Accidental— Falls | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| Run over by motor vehicles | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Fall downstairs | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Scalds | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Suffocated by food in larynx | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
| Suffocated in bed with parents | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Burns | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Fall from railings | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Fall from wall | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Fall from bicycle | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Asphyxiated by fumes from | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| geyser Knocked down by train | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Suicidal— Poisoning by coal gas | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 |
| Hanging | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Drowning | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Cut throat | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Poisoning by Oxalic Acid | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Do. Carbolic Acid | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Do. Lysol | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Do. Cyanide of Potassium | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Do. Strychnine | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Open Verdicts— Found drowned | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Found dead | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Murder | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Execution | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 13 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 36 | 137 |