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Wandsworth 1919

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE VI.Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough of Persons not belonging to the Borough, 1919.

TABLE VI.

Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough of Persons not belonging to the Borough, 1919.

Causes of death.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Institutions.
All Ages.Males.Females.Under 1 year.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Springfield Mental Hospital.Tooting Bec Mental Hospital.Hostel of God.Swaffield Road Institution.H.M. Prison.Ryl. Hosp. for IncurablesThe Priory.Putney Hospital.Fountain Temporary Mental Hospital.S. Lon. Hosp.for Women.Newlands House Asylum.Military Hospitals.Other Places, not Public Institutions.
Enteric Fever11...............1.........1....................................
Small-pox........................................................................
Measles22............2...............2.................................
Scarlet Fever........................................................................
Whooping Cough........................................................................
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup........................................................................
Influenza674126............1039711712...21......121...3011
Erysipelas211...............11...1..............................1...
Cerebro-spinal Fever........................................................................
Other Epidemic Diseases11..................1.......................................1...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis915734.........51445225411316...............4...197
Tuberculous Meningitis211......11............1........................1.........
Abdominal Tuberculosis321.........21.........3....................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases321.........2...1............1..................1...1...
Other Infective Diseases4312............11......1...1........................2
Cancer, Malignant Disease642143............1032222232......1...2...4...417
Rheumatic Fever1...1...............1.................................1.........
Diabetes321..................121.................................2
Other General Diseases927...............216...............2.........21...4
Alcoholism........................................................................
Chronic Poisonings........................................................................
Meningitis'62421...1...2.........11........................13
Cerehral Hæmorrhage, Apoplexy281612...............41014143...1...1..................9
Convulsions3213..............................1........................2
Other Diseases of Nervous System1168234......61543940126115.........62...19...157
Organic Diseases of Heart834835............214264124232......2.........21821
Other Diseases of Circulatory System1798...............1883...1......43...............6
Bronchitis27720............1291581...1...3...............212
Broncho-Pneumonia221012......133321033.........11...51...53
Lobar Pneumonia413............1...121..............................12
Pneumonia (type not distinguished)181441.........2744141........................93
Other Diseases of Respiratory System211...............1...1.................................11
Ulcer of Stomach312..................3..............................2...1...
Diarrhæa........................................................................
Enteritis6332............1122.................................4
Appendicitis and Typhlitis11........................1....................................1
Obstruction of Intestines11..................1.......................................1...
Cirrhosis of Liver541...............122...1...........................11
Other Diseases of Liver33...............12.......................................3...
Other Diseases of Digestive System321...............21....................................21
Nephritis and Bright's Disease231310............1697831..................1...55
Other Diseases of Urinary System211...............1...1.................................11
Diseases of Generative System1...1..................1...1....................................
Puerperal Fever........................................................................
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Childbirth........................................................................
Premature Birth5325.........................................................5
Congenital Debility and Malformation9457......2.....................1............24...2
Other Diseases of Early Infancy22...2.........................................................2
Old Age324130194.....................32426279...3........................16
Deaths from Accident144101......1...237...6..............................8
Deaths from Suicide651............13112.........1.....................3
Other Violent Deaths3333...............121911...1...........................32...
Other defined Diseases55..................4.......................................41
III-defined Diseases or unknown........................................................................
All causes10255434822518355421618749921337055102206332204128162