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127
Parish of Wandsworth.
compared with 1896, but 30.9 below the corrected
decennial average.
The number of deaths in external institutions was
27, and in internal institutions 19, the corrected total
being thus 102; of these 102, 71 died from Phthisis
Pulmonalis, compared with 61 in 1896, 78 in 1895, and
75 in 1894
The totnl death-rate from tubercular diseases for
the year was 179 per 1,000, compared with 1.73 in
1896. The death-rate in England and Wales for the
decennium 1881-90 was 2.43.
From Phthisis Pulmonalis alone the death-rate in
this parish was l.23 per 1,000 compared with 1.09 in
1896, 1.35 in 1895, and 1.73 in England and Wales
during the decennium 1881-90.
Other tubercular diseases were the cause of 31
deaths, a decrease of 5 compared with 1896. 10 of these
deaths were of infants under one year, and 13 of
children from 1 to 5 years.
Gout, llheumatism, Cancer and other Tumours,
which are grouped under other constitutional diseases,
were the cause of 57 deaths, compared with 67 in 1896.
Nine deaths from these occurred in internal and 20 in
external institutions, making a corrected total of 68
compared with 85 in 1896.
Cancer alone was the cause of 46 deaths (17 of
males and 29 of females), a decrease of 11 compared
with 1896.
From diseases of the brain and nervous system, 114
deaths occurred, 74 of males and 40 of females. This
shows an increase of 30 compared with last year, but is