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Wandsworth 1897

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

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55
Sub-district of Putney and Roehampton.
Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions.
49 deaths occurred among parishioners in outlying
institutions. Six of these deaths resulted
from diseases of a zymotic character. In the
previous year, 36 deaths in these institutions were
registered.

Table: TABLE II.Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE II.

Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

DISEASES.SexAgeInstitutions
Total.Males.Females.Under I.From I to 6o.6o and upwards.Union infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
Diphtheria3..3..3......3
Small Pox................
Scarlet Fever321..3......3
Typhus Fever..................
Enteric Fever..................
Whooping Cough..................
Measles...................
Other Zymatic Diseases..................
Tubercular Diseases431..4..13..
Cancer321..2121..
Rheumatism..................
Respiratory Diseases752..5243..
Circulatory Diseases431....222..
Nervous Diseases55....4141..
Other diseases17413665710..
Violence33....21..3..
4927226311220236

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The six deaths from zymotic diseases occurred in the
Asylums Board hospitals. 20 deaths took place in the
Union Infirmary, and 23 in general and special hospitals.
General
Mortality.
In Table III. all deaths registered in the subdistrict
are tabulated in the usual way
according to sex, age, and social position.