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Wandsworth 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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93
St. Peter's Hospital, 5; in the Prison, 14; and in the
Royal Patriotic Asylum for Girls, 1. In addition to the
foregoing that took place within the sub-district, 78 deaths
of Wandsworth parishioners occurred in outlying institutions,
viz.:—54 in the Infimary of the Union and 24 in
the Asylum Board and various Metropolitan Hospitals.
These are shewn in the following table:—

Table: TABLE I.Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE I.

Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

DISEASETotalSexAgeInstitution
MaleFemaleUnder 11 to 6060 and upwardsUnion InfirmaryGeneral and Special HospitalAslyums Board Hospital
Small Pox321..3......3
Measles..................
Scarlet Fever..................
Diphtheria..................
Whooping Cough1..1..1..1....
Typhus Fever..................
Enteric Fever1..1..1......1
Diarrhœa..................
Other Zymotic Diseases.11....1..1....
Total Zymotic Diseases633..6..2..4
Tubercular Diseases1174110..83..
Cancer514..4123..
Rheumatism1..1..1....1..
Respiratory Diseases191643115154..
Circulatory Diseases633..246....
Nervous Diseases1156..66722
Other Diseases174131610143..
Violence22....2....2..
Total7840385482554186