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40 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1929.
The next Table shows the results of the findings of these
inquests.
TABLE XX.
Inquests.
Sub-Districts.
Whole Borough.
Clapham.
Putney.
Balham.
Streatham.
Tooting.
Wandsworth.
Deaths from Natural
Causes
39
25
48
33
46
69
260
Accidental:—
Knocked down by motor
vehicles
6
10
16
6
4
10
52
Falls
8
2
9
3
15
8
45
Falls from vehicles
3
4
7
7
4
7
32
Falls from a height
—
2
3
1
2
2
10
Burns and scalds
2
—
1
1
—
2
6
Deaths under
anaesthetics
1
-
-
2
-
3
6
Drowning
3
—
—
—
—
2
5
Blood poisoning
following injury
-
-
2
3
-
-
5
Knocked down by train
1
2
—
1
—
1
5
Suffocation by food
in pharynx
-
-
-
2
-
1
3
Other
1
4
2
2
—
2
11
Suicidal:—
Poisoning by:—
Coal Gas
1
2
—
1
2
3
9
Lysol
3
2
1
—
—
3
9
Hydrocyanic Acid
—
—
—
2
—
—
2
Cyanide of Potassium
—
1
—
—
—
—
1
Hydrochloric Acid
—
1
—
—
-
—
1
Carbolic Acid
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
Quinine
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
Veronal
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
Drowning
—
1
2
—
—
2
5
Cut throat
1
—
2
2
—
—
5
Knocked down by
train
1
-
1
1
-
-
3
Hanging
—
1
—
1
—
—
2
Strangulation
—
1
—
1
—
—
2
Open Verdicts:—
Found dead
—
1
1
—
—
1
3
Totals
70
59
95
69
73
119
485