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Parish of Wandsworth.
defects, 80 deaths occurred, an increase of 9 compared
with 1896, and 6.1 above the corrected decennial average.
Three deaths from these diseases occurred in external
and 4 in internal institutions, the corrected total being
79, compared with 74 in 1896. All these deaths were
of infants under one year.
From old age, 56 deaths, 24 of males and 32 of
females, were registered, 4 more than last year and 12 1
above the decennial average. 26 of these deaths occurred
in the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, 1 in the Hospital for
Incurables, 1 in the Workhouse, and 1 in St. Peter's
Hospital, a total of 29. In external institutions, 11 deaths
occurred in the Union Infirmary, 1 in a special hospital,
and 2 in hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board,
a total of ]4. The corrected total is thus 41, compared
with 40 in 1896.
Prom violence, 22 deaths, 13 of males and 9 of
females were registered. One of these occurred in the
Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, 1 in the Prison, and 1 in
the Patriotic Asylum for Girls. In external institutions
9 deaths occurred. 4 in the Union Infirmary and 5 in
general and special hospitals. Other 3 deaths were
registered in the parish of persons belonging to other
parishes who had died from accidents. The corrected
number of deaths was 25, compared with 24 in 1896.
infantile The number of deaths under one year was
Mortality. 232, 119 of males and 113 of females, coinpared
with 251 in 1896. 34 deaths occurred in
institutions outside the district among persons belonging
thereto, and 6 occurred within the district among persons
belonging to other parishes, making a corrected total of
260, compared with 269 in 1896, and 237 in 1895.
The percentage of these deaths to total deaths,
K