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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1936.
The next Table shows the results of the findings of these
inquests.
TABLE XVII.
| Inquests. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 42 | 44 | 46 | 36 | 39 | 54 | 261 |
| Accidental:— | |||||||
| Falls | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 32 |
| Knocked down by motor vehicles | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | - | 2 | 32 |
| Falls from motor vehicles | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| Falls from a height | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 12 |
| Burns and scalds | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 9 |
| Suffocation | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 7 |
| Falls from bicycles | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Drowning | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 7 |
| Knocked down by train | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 |
| Knocked down by tramcar | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Other | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| Suicidal:— | |||||||
| Poisoning by:— | |||||||
| Coal Gas | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| Lysol | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Hydrochloric Acid | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Hydrocyanic Acid | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Strychnine | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Hanging | - | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 |
| Cut throat | 2 | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| Drowning | - | - | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Fall from a height | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Gunshot wounds | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Fall under train | - | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Murder | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Hanging | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Manslaughter | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 68 | 71 | 89 | 68 | 61 | 103 | 460 |