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Wandsworth 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Parisn of Wandsworth. 141
Table XI.—continutd.
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fracture of arm and shock | 1 | - | 1 |
| Injury to knee and shock- | 1 | 1 | |
| Heart disease and suffocation | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Blood-poisoning | 1 | — | 1 |
| Fracture of ribs | 1 | — | 1 |
| Administration of chloroform | - | 1 | 1 |
| Fracture of neck | 1 | - | 1 |
| Fracture of skull | 4 | - | 4 |
| Hemorrhage from umbilical cord | 1 | - | 1 |
| Falls | 2 | l | 3 |
| Murder Bullet wound | — | 1 | 1 |
| Open Verdicts Suffocation | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Drowning | 4 | l | 5 |
| Chronic alcoholism | 3 | — | 3 |
| Cause of death not ascertainable | 1 | 1 | |
| Embolism from injury to arm | 1 | - | 1 |
| Peritonitis accelerated by chronic lead poisoning | 1 | — | 1 |
| 65 | 33 | 98 |
General Remarks.
The death-rate for the year, corrected for
institutions was 15'02 per 1,000, and is
•52 under the same rate for 1899.
Corrected for age and sex distribution, the deathrate
for this parish was much under the rate for the
rural districts of England and Wales, which was 17.5
per 1000, as compared with 16.04 for the parish of
Wandsworth.
The following table shows the death-rate from all
causes—from zymotic diseases per 1,000 living, and the
infant mortality per 1,000 births for the parish, compared
with the same rates for England and Wales:—