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Parish of Wandsworth.
106 deaths were caused by diseases of the organs of
circulation, 28 above last year, and 41.2 above the
decennial average. 27 deaths occurred in external and
20 in internal institutions, making a corrected total of
113, compared with 121 in 1897, and 100 in 1896. 22
of these deaths occurred in the Union Infirmary.
From diseases of the organs of respiration there
were 164 deaths, an increase of 47 compared with 1897,
but a decrease of 7.3 compared with the decennial
average. 20 deaths occurred in external and 18 in internal
institutions, the corrected total thus being 166,
compared with 136 in 1897, and 1.39 in 1896.
The number of deaths from the diseases of the
digestive organs was 53 compared with 78 in 1897. 20
of these were of infants under one year.
From diseases of the urinary organs, 20 deaths
were registered, compared with the same number in 1897,
and 23 in 1896.
From premature birth, low vitality, and congenital
defects there were corrected for institutions 78 deaths,
the corrected total in 1897 being 79. All these deaths
were of infants under one year, with the exception of
one, from one to five years.
From old age there were 55 deaths, 14 of males and
41 of females, compared with 56 in 1897, and 43.5 the
decennial average. 23 of these deaths occurred in the
Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, and seven in internal institutions,
6 in the Union Infirmary, and one in a special
hospital). The corrected total is thus 39 compared with
41 in 1897.
From violence, 29 deaths occurred, 21 of males and
8 of females, seven more than last year, and 2.9 above