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Wandsworth 1918

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE V. Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough of Persons not belonging to the Borough, 1918

TABLE V. Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough of Persons not belonging to the Borough, 1918

causes of death.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Institutions.
All Ages.Males.Females.Under 1 year.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.|25 and under 45.45 and under 6565 and upwards.Springfield Mental Hospital.Tooting Bee Asylum.Hostel of God.Newlands House Asylum .Workhouse.H.M. Prison.Ryl. Hosp. for Incurables.The Priory.Putney Hospital.Fountain Temporary Asylum.S. Lon. Hosp. for WomenSt. Anne's Home.Military Hospitals.Other Places, not Public Institutions.
Enteric Fever...........................................................................
Small-pox...........................................................................
Measles...........................................................................
Scarlet Fever...........................................................................
Whooping Cough...........................................................................
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup11..................1..........................................1...
Influenza128824621415326284175.....................24214030
Erysipelas11.....................1...1.......................................
Cerebro-spinal Fever...........................................................................
Other Epidemic Diseases44...............13..........................................4...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis1599168.........33679329731624..................51355
Tuberculous Meningitis33...............12....................................21
Abdominal Tuberculosis1082......11521...5...1..................1......21
Other Tuberculous Diseases761............322...2...2.....................1...21
Other Infective Diseases431............12.........1........................1...2...
Cancer, Malignant Disease782850............31138266423.........3.........8...519
Rheumatic Fever...........................................................................
Diabetes431...............13...4.......................................
Other General Diseases13310............2146..................5.........2...15
Alcoholism1...1..................1..........................................1
Chronic Poisonings...........................................................................
Meningitis1...1..................1......1....................................
Cerebral Hæmorrhage, Apoplexy231310...............271497......1..................213
Convulsions11...1............................................................1
Other Diseases of Nervous System1628973......521175651129914...1......42...34...1...7
Organic Diseases of Heart512724............18123011204...11............1......13
Other Diseases of Circulatory System1129...............164...2.........3...............24
Bronchitis1459..................6842...........................1...7
Broncho-Pneumonia1349.........3223332.....................31...22
Lobar Pneumonia422...............31.....................1.........1...11
Pneumonia (type not distinguished)6041191......161112291039.........1............1...63
Other Diseases of Respiratory System41311...............2.......................................4
Ulcer of Stomach312...............1...2...1..............................11
Diarrhœa4132......1.........1...........................1.........3
Enteritis5141...............4...31.................................4
Appendicitis and Typhlitis321.........111..............................1.........2...
Obstruction of Intestines413...............121..............................1...12
Cirrhosis of Liver312..................21......1.....................1......1
Other Diseases of Liver633...............23111..................1...2......1
Other Diseases of Digestive System5231............2...2...1........................1...12
Nephritis and Bright's Disease301416...............9165167..................1...1......5
Other Diseases of Urinary System22.....................2.......................................11
Diseases of Generative System4...4...............112...1..................1...1......1
Puerperal Fever...........................................................................
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Childbirth1...1...............1.............................................1
Premature Birth5235.................................1...............1......3
Congenital Debility and Malformation5412...111.........11......1............2............
Other Diseases of Early Infancy1...11............................................................1
Old Age360145215..................283325828311......1..................16
Deaths from Accident17107.........1135717..................1............8
Deaths from Suicide853............233...1......1...2.....................4
Other Violent Deaths787711.........3641.....................2..................75I
Other defined Diseases211............2.........1.......................................
Ill-defined Diseases or unknown321...............21...1.................................2
All causes1306692614182114815331425850232641766346172570265197162