London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1934.
The next Table shows the results of the findings of these inquests.
TABLE XVIII.
| Inquests. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 43 | 30 | 39 | 33 | 28 | 59 | 232 |
| Accidental:— | |||||||
| Knocked down by motor vehicles | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 38 |
| Palls | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | 11 | 6 | 31 |
| Falls from motor vehicles | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 |
| Falls from a height | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 14 |
| Burns and scalds | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 10 |
| Suffocation | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Falls from bicycles | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Other | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | — | 5 | 15 |
| Suicidal:— | |||||||
| Poisoning by:— Coal Gas | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Lysol | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 7 |
| Cyanide of Potassium | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Carbolic Acid | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Prussic Acid | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Hydrochloric Acid | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Barbituric Acid | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Medinal | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Liq. Ammonia | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cut throat | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Drowning | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Gunshot wounds | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Fall from a height | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Hanging | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Run over by train | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Infanticide | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Found drowned | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 |
| Found dead | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Hanging—Execution | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 80 | 62 | 74 | 68 | 51 | 104 | 445 |