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Wandsworth 1932
[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 1,594, but 1,291 of these persons did not
belong to the Borough.
A total of 2,138 persons belonging to the Borough died in
Institutions, 308 occurring in Institutions within the Borough
and 1,835 in Institutions outside the Borough.
TABLE VII.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes:— | ||||||||||
| Certified | 88 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 113 | 53 | 40 | 28 | 27 | 261 |
| Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Convulsions | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 34 |
| Enteritis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 |
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Injury at Birth | 6 | - | - | - | (j | 2 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| Atelectasis | 19 | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | 19 |
| Congenital Malformations | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| Premature Birth | 42 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 59 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | 14 |
| Other Causes | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Totals | 88 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 113 | 53 | 40 | 28 | 27 | 261 |
Infantile Mortality.
The number of deaths under one year was 261.—-44 in
Clapham, 26 in Putney, 48 in Balham, 25 in Streatham, 34 in