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Wandsworth 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Non-infective Diseases. 39
The next Table shows the results of the findings of these
inquests,
TABLE XIX.
| Inquests. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 47 | 30 | 47 | 48 | 40 | 74 | 286 |
| Accidental:— | |||||||
| Knocked down by motor vehicles | 8 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 65 |
| Falls | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 39 |
| Falls from vehicles | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| Drowning | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Falls from a height | — | — | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Deaths under anaesthetics | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Knocked down by train | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Burns and scalds | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Other | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Suicidal:— | |||||||
| Poisoning: by:— | |||||||
| Coal Gas | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 |
| Lysol | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 7 |
| Carbolic Acid | - | - | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Medinal | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cyanide of Potassium | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Knocked down by train | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 9 |
| Cut throat | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Drowning | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | |
| Jumped from a height | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Hanging | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Burns | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Strangulation | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Wound in Stomach | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Gun shot wounds | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Execution | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Murder | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 69 | 58 | 108 | 87 | 69 | 138 | 529 |