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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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In the following Table the deaths properly belonging
to the district occurring in outlying institutions have been
arranged according to the character of the institution in
which they occurred and the sub-districts to which they
belong.

Table: TABLE IV.

TABLE IV.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Number in Entire District.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Union Infirmary.General and" Special Hospitals.Asylums Hoard Hospitals.
Small Pox..................
Scarlet Fever191311..4....19
Diphtheria21536..7..219
Membranous-Croup1........11....
Typhus Fever..................
Enteric Fever211........11
Continued Fever..................
Puerperal Fever..................
Cholera..................
Erysipelas21......12....
Measles41....122..2
Whooping Cough..................
Influenza114......7821
Diarrhœa1........11....
Other Zymotic Diseases21......111..
Tuberculer391064..1921162
Cancer1844....10810
Rheumatism39......13....
Respiratory Diseases52 329693254381
Circulatory Diseases922..192462
Nervous Diseases46143....2926614
Other Diseases100251724201446522
Violence2172813219..
Age10........10712
Total38410645542515419512465
Corresponding Totals in preceding year357974838816619013431

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It will bo seen that 384 such deaths occurred, of which
195 were in the Union Infirmary, 124 in the general and
special hospitals of the metropolis and 65 in the
hospitals of the Asylums' Board. Adding these