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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the 126 deaths in the Middlesex Asylum, 23 were from Tubercular
disease of the Lungs, 23 from Old Age, four from Cancer, four
from Bright's disease, three from Diarrhoea, seven from diseases of the
Respiratory Organs, two from Erysipelas, one each from Enteritis,
Puerperal Fever, Tubercular disease, Meningitis, Organic disease of
the Heart, five from all other causes, and 50 from diseases of the
Nervous System, including 29 from General Paralysis of the Insane,
seven from Epilepsy, five from Apoplexy, and nine from other diseases
of the Nervous System.
Of the 11 deaths in the Workhouse, five were from Premature
Birth, four from Developmental diseases, one from Old Age, and one
from diseases of Parturition.
Of the 14 deaths in the Royal Hospital for Incurables, two were
from Tubercular disease of the Lungs, two from Cancer, one from Old
Age, one from Chronic Bronchitis, and eight from all other causes.
Of the six deaths in the Prison, one was from Enteric Fever, one
from Tubercular disease of the Lungs, one from other forms of
Tubercular disease, one from Bright's disease, and two from all other
causes.
Of the 116 deaths in Public Institutions belonging to the
Borough, 53 occurred in the Tooting Home, 44 in the Fever Hospitals,
five in the Workhouse, four in the Hostel of God, four in the Tooting
Bec Asylum, two in the Prison, one in the Royal Hospital for
Incurables, and three in other places not institutions.
The number of deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough of
persons not belonging to the Borough, arranged as to sex, age, causes
of death, and the institution in which the death occurred is shown on
Table V., and of persons belonging to the Borough on Table VI.
Water Supply.
During the year the Metropolitan Water Board took over the
various companies supplying water to London, and in the monthly
returns after the month of July the areas supplied by these companies
were termed districts. The areas supplied by the Lambeth and Southwark
and Vauxhall Companies have not been altered, but the names
are now the Lambeth District and the Southwark District.
The following Tables, which have been extracted from the
monthly reports of the Water Examiners appointed under the
Metropolis Water Act, 1871, show the results of the analyses of the
water of the two companies or districts for each month during the year.