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Wandsworth 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Parish of Streatham.
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TABLE III.

Causes of, and Ages at Death, during the Year 1900.

Deaths in sub-district at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Localities (at all ages)Deaths in Public Institutions.
Causes of Death.All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 6.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards."St. Anne's Home.Middlesex County Asylum.
Small Pox....................
Measles247142..1........
Scarlet Fever4..13............
Whooping Cough1183..............
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup14..104............
Croup1..1..............
FeverTyphus....................
Enteric9....126........
Other Continued....................
Epidemic Influenza .161..1248....1
Cholera....................
Plague....................
Diarrhoea35301....22....1
Enteritis241731..12......
Puerperal Fever....................
Erysipelas1........1........
Other Septic Diseases....................
Phthisis63..2118393....10
Other Tubercular
Diseases9347,
Cancer, Malignant
Disease4012217
Bronchitis699fi16384
Pneumonia5310832281
Pleurisy81133
Other Diseases of
Respiratory Organs11................
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver....................
Venereal Diseases22................
Premature Birth69681..............
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition2........2........
Heart Diseases9862..44639....4
Accidents19521?,63......
Suicides2........2........
All other Causes251221091782111....11
All Causes ..825189683148255234....32

* 18 deaths occurred in thi3 Institution, all of which related to "non-residents."
† 14 deaths occurred in this Institution, all oi which related to 14 non-residents,"