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Wandsworth 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Non-Infective Diseases.
TABLE XV.
| Inquests. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 32 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 42 | 158 |
| Accidental:—- | |||||||
| Falls | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| Falls from a height | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Falls from vehicles | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Knocked down by motor vehicles | 2 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 40 |
| Knocked down by horse vehicles | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Knocked down by cyclist | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Knocked down by trains | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Thrown from motor vehicles | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 6 |
| Scalds and burns | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Drowning | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Poisoning | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Suffocation | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Other | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 |
| Suicidal:— | |||||||
| Drowning | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 |
| Cut Throat | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Poisoning by Coal Gas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Poisoning by Lysol | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Gun shot wounds | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 8 |
| Fall from a height | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Jumped in front of train | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Hanging and strangulation | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Criminal abortion | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Open Verdicts:— | |||||||
| Found drowned | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 5 |
| Murder | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Homicide | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Execution | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 49 | 46 | 65 | 43 | 36 | 86 | 325 |