London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Wandsworth 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Non-Infective Diseases.
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 | 40 | 31 | 41 | 25 | 27 | 49 | 213 |
| Accidental:— | |||||||
| Knocked down by motor vehicles | 9 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 50 | |
| Falls from vehicles | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | |
| Falls | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| Falls from a height | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| Suffocation | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Burns and scalds | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 9 |
| Deaths under anaesthetics | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Knocked down by train | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 5 |
| Drowning | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | |
| Knocked down by bicycles | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Other | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Suicidal:— | |||||||
| Poisoning by :— | |||||||
| Coal Gas | 1 | — | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| Carbolic Acid | __— | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 |
| Lysol | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Cyanide of Potassium | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Ammonia | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Hydrochloric Acid | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Hanging | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 |
| Gun shot wounds | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Knocked down by train | _ | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Drowning | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Run over by motor vehicle | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cut throat | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Procured abortion | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Found drowned | — | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 |
| Totals | 68 | 60 | 86 | 52 | 58 | 90 | 414 |