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Wandsworth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Inquests.
TABLE XV.
| Inquests. | Sub-Districts. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | |
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 28 | 18 | 30 | 21 | 19 | 46 | 162 |
| Accidental:— | |||||||
| Knocked down by motor vehicles | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 37 |
| Falls | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| Falls from vehicles | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| Falls from a height | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Scalds and burns | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 8 |
| Suffocation | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 7 |
| Deaths under anaesthetics | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Knocked down by train | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Blood poisoning following injury | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Crushed in aeroplane crash | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Other | 2 | — | 2 | — | - | 1 | 5 |
| Suicidal:— | |||||||
| Hanging | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 8 |
| Drowning | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Poisoning by:— | |||||||
| Coal gas | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Lysol | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 7 |
| Hydrochloric Acid | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Strychnine | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Carbolic acid | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Gunshot wounds | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Cut throat | 1 | — | — | - | — | 1 | 2 |
| Fall from a height | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Run over by train | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Strangulation | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Open Verdicts:— | |||||||
| Found drowned | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Murder | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 55 | 37 | 65 | 52 | 33 | 82 | 324 |