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Wandsworth 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1929.
Table XXII. shows the number of new cases of Nonpulmonary
Tuberculosis classified according to the part of the
body affected.
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 | 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 |
Deaths.—The total number of deaths certified as due to
diseases of a Tuberculous nature was 353—of whom 212 were
males and 141 females. Of the 353 deaths, 320 were due to
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 21 to Tuberculous Meningitis, four to
Abdominal Tuberculosis and eight to other forms of Tuberculosis.
Table XXI. gives details regarding the type of the disease,
sex, and age grouping of these 353 deaths.
In addition to these deaths, which were duly certified in
the returns as due to Tuberculosis, 23 persons notified previously
as suffering from Tuberculosis, died during the year. These
deaths, however, do not figure in Table XXII. for the reason
that:—
(a.) 13 were certified as dying of diseases other than
Tuberculosis.
(b.) 10 had moved to addresses outside the Borough
and died there, the deaths being credited to the districts
in which they occurred.