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Wandsworth 1895

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

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8
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

Table: TABLE IV.Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE IV.

Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Number in Entire District.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
Small Pox21......1....2
Scarlet Fever8211..3....8
Diphtheria138......3..110
Membranous-Croup..................
Typhus Fever..................
Enteric Fever83......3..3..
Continued Fever..................
Puerperal Fever1........11....
Cholera..................
Erysipelas11........l....
Mtasles21......11....
Whooping Cough21......1..2..
Influenza52......35....
Diarrhœa41......222..
Other Zymotic Diseases..................
Tubercular54138612628242
Cancer38124....221622..
Rheumatism5....1..441..
Respiratory Diseases651851023044192
Circulatory Diseases571010114224116..
Nervous Diseases51215....2530201
Other Diseases901410344224149..
Violence207..715515..
Age192......17163..
Total44511751731319123717731
Corresponding Totals in preceding year40512625631617519415853

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They numbered altogether 445, and of these 237 took
place in the Union Infirmary, 117 in the general and special
hospitals of London, and 31 in those of the Metropolitan
Asylums' Board.

Table: The relative proportions in the sub-districts is as follows:—

The relative proportions in the sub-districts is as follows:—

1894.1895.
Clapham2.7 per thousand living.2.4 per thousand living.
Putney1.3 ,, ,, ,,2.6 ,, ,, ,,
Streatham1.3 ,, ,, ,,1.4 ,, ,, ,,
Tooting2.7 ,, ,, ,,2.2 ,, ,, ,,
Wandsworth3.2 ,, ,, ,,3.5 ,, ,, ,,