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Wandsworth 1898

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

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Parish of Tooting. 85

TABLE III.

Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TOOTINGSex.Ages.Institutions.
Totals.Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 65 years.65 years & upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.Elsewhere.
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1898.
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Diseases.
Small Pox............................
Scarlatina............................
Diphtheria............................
Membranous............................
Croup............................
TyphusFevers.............................
Enteric............................
Continued............................
Relapsing............................
Puerperal............................
Cholera............................
Erysipelas............................
Measles............................
Whooping Cough............................
Diarrhoea and Dysentery11..........1....1....
Rheumatic Fever............................
Ague............................
Phthisis11........1..........1..
Bronchitis Peumonia and Pleurisy321..........1221....
Heart Disease032......111231..1
Injuries211......1..1..11....
All other Diseases14104112..16568....
Total2618811232109121211

Mortality within
Table IV. gives the usual mortality statistics
the Sub-district, classified according to age, sex, and social
position, together with particulars of deaths in public
institutions within the district, both of parishioners
and non-parishioners.
Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions-
Table III. gives the mortality of parishioners
in the various outlying public institutions
of the Metropolis.
Of the 26 deaths, 12 took place in the Wandsworth
and Clapham Union Infirmary, 12 in general
and special hospitals, one in the South-Western Fever
Hospital, and one in Balham. During the previous
year, 19 deaths took place in outlying institutions.