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Wandsworth 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Vital Statistics. 9
The number of deaths which occurred in Institutions, etc.,
inside the Borough was 1,821, but 1,084 of these persons did not
belong to the Borough.
A total of 1,982 persons belonging to the Borough died in
Institutions, 287 occurring in Institutions within the Borough
and 1,745 in Institutions outside the Borough.

Table: The following is a list of the Institutions, etc., outside the Borough in which deaths of Borough residents occurred:—

The following is a list of the Institutions, etc., outside the Borough in which deaths of Borough residents occurred:—

Name of Institution.No. of deaths.Name of Institution.No. of Deaths.
Poor Law Hospitals and Infirmaries —Other Hospitals—contd.:—
Middlesex Hospital6
Wandsworth Public Assistance Hospitals1,048National Hospital9
Banstead Mental Hospital9St. Batholomew's Hospital12
Cane Hill Mental Hospital9St. George's Hospital7
Grove Park Mental Hospital17St. Luke's Hospital8
Horton Mental Hospital21St. Thomas's Hospital56
Lambeth Hospital13South Western Hospital11
West Park Mental Hospital11Victoria Hospital ..10
Other Mental Hospitals16West London Hospital7
Other Public Assistance Institutions23Westminster Hospital12
Other Institutions E.t.c:-
Other Hospitals:—Other Institutions145
Belgrave Hospital14Other Places not Public Institutions107
Bolingbroke Hospital40On Street11
Brompton Hospital8River Thames3
Cancer Hospital8Private Nursing Homes36
Charing Cross Hospital13
Colindale Hospital13Institutions, etc., inside the Borough1,745 237
Guy's Hospital14
Infants' Hospital81,982
King's College Hospital20

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Infantile Mortality.
The number of deaths under one year was 259 :—41 in
Clapham, 22 in Putney, 42 in Balham, 52 in Streatham, 30 in