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Wandsworth 1925
[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 |