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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38 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table XXIII.
| Inquests. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Pautney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 33 |
| Accidental— | ||||||
| Run over by motor vehicles | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| Falls | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Fall down stairs | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Scalds | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Fall from bicycle | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 |
| Knocked down by tramcar | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Fall from ladder | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Fall from roof | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Knocked down by train | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Suffocated by regurgitated food | 2 | |||||
| Death under anaesthetic | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Fall down lift shaft | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Burns from exploded petrol tank | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Crushed by steam lorry | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Knocked down by runaway horse | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Gunshot wounds | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Burns | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Crushed by overturned motor car | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Suicidal— | ||||||
| Drowning | 3 | .. | .. | . . | .. | 3 |
| Cut throat | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Gunshot wounds | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Fall from cliff | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 |
| Jumped in front of train | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Poisoning by HydrochloricAcid | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Do. Carbolic Acid | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Open Verdicts— | ||||||
| Found drowned | 3 | .. | l | 1 | .. | 5 |
| Found dead | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Murder | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | 1 |
| Totals | 22 | 7 | 34 | 16 | 32 | 111 |