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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Bright's Disease, three from Accidents, 18 from Diseases of the
Nervous System, and 14 from All Other Causes.
Of the 117 deaths in the Fever Hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, 43 were from D1phtheria, 35 from Scarlet Fever,
16 from Enteric Fever, one from Measles, and 22 from All Other
Causes.
Of the 100 deaths in the Tooting Home 30 were from Tubercular
disease of the Lungs, 25 from Old Age, 19 from diseases of
the Respiratory Organs, one each from influenza, Heart Disease,
and Cancer, and 23 from All Other Causes.
One death from Old Age occurred in Newlands House, and
one from other causes in Fairfield House.
in Wandsworth 128 deaths occurred in the Middlesex County
Asylum, five in the Workhouse, nine in the Prison, and seven in
the Royal Hospital for incurables.
Of the 128 deaths in the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum,
30 were from Old Age, 12 from Tubercular disease of the Lungs,
four from Cancer, five from Bright's Disease, three from other
Tubercular diseases, two from Softening of the Brain, two from
Accident, one each from Erysipelas, Alcoholism, Organic disease
of Heart, Bronchitis, and Suicide, 57 from diseases of the Nervous
System, and eight from All Other Causes.
Of the five deaths in the Workhouse, two were from Premature
Birth, and one each from Old Age, Pneumonia, and All
Other Causes.
Of the nine deaths in the Prison, three were from Tubercular
disease of the Lungs, three from Execution, and one each
from Pneumonia, Bright's Disease, and All Other Causes.
Of the seven deaths in the Royal Hospital for incurables,
two were from diseases of the Respiratory Organs, and five from
All Other Causes.
Of the 126 deaths in Public institutions of persons belonging
to the Borough, 69 occurred in the Tooting Home, 51 in the Fever
Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, three in the Hostel
of God, and one each in the Workhouse, Tooting Bee Asylum, and
the Middlesex County Asylum,