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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Deaths in Public Institutions.
In institutions situated in this Borough 403 deaths took place
during the year.
In Clapham 52 deaths took place: 50 in the Hostel of God,
and two in the Home of the Good Shepherd. 18 were from
Phthisis, six from other forms of tubercular disease, 22 from
Cancer, two from Cirrhosis of Liver, and two from other causes.
In the Home of the Good Shepherd one death occurred from
Acute Bronchitis and one from Pneumonia.
In Streatham there were 22 deaths: 17 in St. Ann's Home
and five in the Middlesex County Asylum Annex. Of the 17 in
St. Ann's Home, 6 were from old age, one from heart disease,
four from Pneumonia, and six from all other causes. In the
Asylum there were two deaths from Phthisis Pulmonalis, one from
other forms of Tubercular Disease, and two from other causes.
In Tooting there were 270 deaths: 207 in the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's Hospitals, 62 in the Tooting Home, and one at
the London County Council Imbecile Asylum now being erected.
Of the 207 deaths in the Fever Hospitals, 91 were from
Diphtheria, 60 from Scarlet Fever, 26 from Enteric Fever, 4
from Phthisis Pulmonalis, five from other Tubercular Diseases,
three from Measles, two from Whooping Cough, three from
Developmental Diseases, five from Pneumonia, four from all other
causes, two from heart disease, and one each from Enteritis and
other Septic Diseases.
Of the 62 deaths in the Tooting Home, 21 were from Phthisis
Pulmonalis, 11 from old age, eight from Chronic Bronchitis, 18
from all other causes, and one each from Cancer, Brain Disease,
Heart Disease, and Accident.
In Wandsworth there were 149 deaths: 113 in the Middlesex
County Asylum, 11 in the Prison, 12 in the Workhouse, and 13
in the Royal Hospital for Incurables. In addition, there were
four deaths from drowning in the River Thames. Of the 113