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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32 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XVII.
Inquests. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
Deaths from Natural Causes | 25 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 40 | 149 |
Accidental:— | |||||||
Falls | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
Falls from a height | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Falls from vehicles | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
Knocked down by motor vehicles | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 33 |
Knocked down by train | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 |
Scalds and burns | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
Deaths under anaesthetics | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 7 |
Drowning | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | |
Poisoning | 2 | 2 | |||||
Suffocation | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Other | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Suicidal | |||||||
Drowning | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 6 |
Cut Throat | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | l | .3 |
Poisoning by:— | |||||||
Coal Gas | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
Nitrous Oxide Gas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Hydrochloric Acid | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Morphine | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Carbolic Acid | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Lysol | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Hanging | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Gunshot Wounds | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Run over by train | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
Fall from a height | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Infanticide | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Open Verdicts:— | |||||||
Found dead | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
Found drowned | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Murder | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Execution | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 48 | 39 | 58 | 46 | 41 | 84 | 316 |