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Wandsworth 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
91 of the deaths, 46 of males and 45 of females, occurred in
External Institutions, 38 in Workhouses and Workhouse Infirmaries,
and 50 in General and Special Hospitals, and three in
Public Lunatic Asylums.
63 of the total deaths occurred among females from Cancer
of the Breast or Uterus, compared with 80 in 1909, 75 in 1908, 81
-in 1907, 59 in 1906, 47 in 1905, and 69 in 1904.
The next Table shows the death-rate per 100,000 for each of the sub-districts and for the whole Borough for the year and for the 10 preceding years.
| Sub-District. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | Average for 10 years. | 1910. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 94 | 104 | 109 | 95 | 107 | 73 | 79 | 104 | 86 | 82 | 93.3 | 112 |
| Putney | 70 | 82 | 97 | 93 | 100 | 102 | 88 | 79 | 97 | 60 | 86.8 | 106 |
| Streatha m | 61 | 101 | 84 | 109 | 86 | 80 | 81 | 91 | 87 | 90 | 87 | 76 |
| Tooting | 70 | 58 | 52 | 55 | 87 | 47 | 73 | 50 | 67 | 68 | 627 | 60 |
| Wandsworth | 48 | 63 | 89 | 103 | 83 | 80 | 87 | 78 | 77 | 82 | 79 | 82 |
| Whole Borough | 62 | 81 | 90 | 98 | 92 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 83 | 81 | 83.3 | 86 |
Compared with 1909, there has been an increase in this rate
in Clapham and Putney, a decrease in Streatham and Tooting,
while the rate for Wandsworth was the same.
There has been a slight increase in the rate from this disease
compared with the previous year and with the decennial average,
-and in the various sub-districts there has been a considerable
increase in Clapham and Putney, a slight increase in Wandsworth,
but a decrease in Streatham and Tooting. It is specially