[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 9

Wandsworth 1887

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

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Table: TABLE IV.Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

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TABLE IV.

Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	Number in Entire District.	East Battersea.	West Battersea.	Clapham.	Putney.	Streatham.	Wandsworth.	Union Infirmary.	General and Special Hospitals.	Asylums Board Hospitals.
Small Pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scarlet Fever	39	15	14	2	..	3	5	..	1	38
Diphtheria	7	3	3	1	..	..	..	2	5	..
Enteric Fever	6	1	3	1	..	..	1	..	4	2
Whooping Cough	5	2	..	3	..	..	..	5	..	..
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Zymotic Diseases	12	4	3		1	3	1	2	9	1
Tubercular Diseases	90	31	15	20	1	8	15	42	42	6
Cancer	35	15	9	6	..	4	1	8	27	..
Rheumatism	2	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..
Respiratory Diseases	59	13	10	14	8	6	8	33	23	3
Circulatory Diseases	49	20	3	10	3	6	7	30	19	..
Nervous Diseases	69	21	8	18	9	8	5	32	25	12
Other Diseases	109	35	22	13	4	11	24	40	66	3
Violence	44	21	10	5	1	5	2	4	40
Total	526	182	100	93	27	55	69	199	262	65
Corresponding Totals in preceding year	462	178	63	76	19	48	78	197	250	15

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It will be seen that 526 deaths occurred in outlying
institutions, of which 199 were in the Union Infirmary
262 in the general and special hospitals of the metropolis
and 65 in the Asylums Hoard Hospitals. In this tabu
the deaths of West Battersea inhabitants occurring in the
Union Infirmary (68 in number), are not included. As
the total deaths occurring in the Union Infirmary (268

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Wandsworth 1887

Table: TABLE IV.Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

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