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Wandsworth 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Death in out-lying Institutions.
The following Table gives particulars of deaths
that properly belong to this Sub-district, and
which have occurred in various Institutions outside its
borders, such as the hospitals and asylums. There were
106 of these deaths, of which 48 took place in the Union
Infirmary, 41 in the general and special hospitals, and 17
in the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Adding these 106 deaths to those above mentioned, we get
a total of 697, giving the correct rate of 15.58. The
corresponding rate of 1891 was 15.8. The rate for registration
London in 1892 was 20.6:—-
| DISEASES. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tota . | Males. | Females. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board. Hospitals. | |
| Influenza | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | l | .. |
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Tubercular Diseases | 10 | 8 | 2 | .. | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .. |
| Cancer | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. |
| Rheumatism | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Respiratory Diseases | 9 | 5 | 4 | .. | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .. |
| Circulatory Diseases | 9 | 4 | 5 | .. | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | .. |
| Nervous Diseases | 14 | 10 | 4 | .. | 8 | 6 | 11 | 3 | .. |
| Other Diseases | 25 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | .. |
| Violence | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | 6 | .. |
| Totals | 106 | 59 | 37 | 6 | 65 | 35 | 48 | 41 | 17 |
| DISEASES. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||
| Tota . | Males. | Females. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board. Hospitals. | |
| Influenza | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | l | .. |
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Tubercular Diseases | 10 | 8 | 2 | .. | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .. |
| Cancer | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | |
| Rheumatism | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Respiratory Diseases | 9 | 5 | 4 | .. | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .. |
| Circulatory Diseases | 9 | 4 | 5 | .. | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | .. |
| Nervous Diseases | 14 | 10 | 4 | .. | 8 | 6 | 11 | 3 | .. |
| Other Diseases | 25 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | .. |
| Violence | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | 6 | .. |
| Totals | 106 | 59 | 37 | 6 | 65 | 35 | 48 | 41 | 17 |