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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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26 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||
| Deaths from Natural Causes | 12 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 84 |
| Accidental :— | ||||||
| Falls | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | 12 |
| Drowning | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 6 |
| Knocked down by motor vehicles | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Suffocated by regurgitated food | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Suffocated in bed with parents | — | — | — | - | 2 | 2 |
| Fall from train | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Scalds | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fall down area | — | 1 | — | - | - | 1 |
| Fall from bicycle | - | — | — | - | 1 | 1 |
| Fall from pair of steps | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Buried by fall of earth | 1 | — | — | - | - | 1 |
| Poisoning by Spirits of Salts | 1 | — | — | — | - | 1 |
| Suffocated by turning on face in bed | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Suffocated by coal gas | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Burns | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Crushed by overturned cart | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Crushed by coal truck | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Suicidal:— | ||||||
| Cut throat | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Gunshot wounds | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Hanging | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Drowning | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Fall from window | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poisoning by Carbolic Acid | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Poisoning by Oxalic Acid | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Poisoning by Spirits of Salts | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Open Verdicts:— | ||||||
| Found dead | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Murder | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Execution | - | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 19 | 28 | 23 | 31 | 48 | 149 |