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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 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 VII.Death in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons belonging to the Borough, 1919.

TABLE VII.

Death in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons belonging to the Borough, 1919.

CAUSES OF DEATHDeathsinorbelongingtowhole Districtatsubjoinedages.Institutions.
AllAges.Males.Females.Under 1 year.1 andunder 2.2 andunder 5.5 andunder 15.15 andunder 25.25 andunder 45.45 andunder 65.65 andupwards.SwaffieldRoadInstitution.TootingBecMental Hospital.H.M. Prison.FountainTemporary MentalHospital.HostelofGod.PutneyHospital.SouthLondonHospital forWomen.SpringfieldMental Hospital.ThePrioryMilitaryHospitals.OtherPlacesnotPublic Institutions.
EntericFever..................................................................
Small-pox..................................................................
Measles..................................................................
ScarletFever..................................................................
WhoopingCough...............................................................
DiphtheriaandMembranous Croup..................................................................
Influenza155102.........29...23............31......17
Erysipelas..................................................................
CerebrospinalFever..................................................................
OtherEpidemicDiseases..................................................................
PulmonaryTuberculosis44...............12...11...1...2..................
TuberculousMeningitis..................................................................
AbdominalTuberculosis11......1................................................1
OtherTuberculousDiseases..................................................................
OtherInfectiveDiseases..................................................................
Cancer, MalignantDisease291118...............21215...12...511......217
RheumaticFever..................................................................
Diabetes2...2..................11..............................2
OtherGeneralDiseases..................................................................
Alcoholism..................................................................
ChronicPoisonings..................................................................
Meningitis211.........1......1..................1............1
Cerebral Hæmorrhage, Apoplexy817..................441...........................7
Convulsions..................................................................
OtherDiseasesofNervous System541............21...1.....................1...13
OrganicDiseasesofHeart1486...............2391............2.........29
OtherDiseasesofCirculatory System413...............112..............................4
Bronchitis734..................341............1.........23
Broncho-Pneumonia1...1...............1....................................1
LobarPneumonia1...1.....................1........................1......
Pneumonia (typenotdistinguished)3121............11.................................3
OtherDiseasesofRespiratory System11.....................1.................................1
UlcerofStomach..................................................................
Diarrhæa..................................................................
Enteritis...1...1.......................................1............
AppendicitisandTyphlitis11............1...........................1...............
ObstructionofIntestines..................................................................
CirrhosisofLiver..................................................................
OtherDiseasesofLiver11........................1..............................1
OtherDiseasesofDigestive System211..................2.....................1.........1
NephritisandBright'sDisease321..................12..............................3
OtherDiseasesofUrinary System431............1...21..................1......12
DiseasesofGenerativeSystem1...1...............1....................................1
PuerperalFever1...1...............I.....................1...............
Other AccidentsandDiseases ofPregnancyandChildbirth..................................................................
PrematureBirth4314.....................1...........................3
CongenitalDebilityandMal-torination..................................................................
OtherDiseasesofEarly Infancy6426...................................................6
Old.Age1431l.....................1436......1......1......3
DeathsfromAccident844.........5......12...............11.........6
DeathsfromSuicide..................................................................
OtherViolentDeaths1...11...................................................1
OtherdefinedDiseases..................................................................
Ill-definedDiseasesorunknown..................................................................
Allcauses1446480151...762134601173...811621986