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Wandsworth 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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District.
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The deaths in out-lying institutions are shown in the
next Table, and are arranged according to the respective
sub-districts to which they belong, and the institutions
in which they have occurred.

Table: TABLE IV.Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE IV.

Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

Number in whole Borough.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.TootingWandsworth.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
Small Pox..................
Measles51..2..24..1
Scarlet Fever133..4..6....13
Whooping Cough31......212..
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup26641114....26
Croup..................
TyphusFevers..................
Enteric12..14..7....12
Other Continued..................
Epidemic Influenza3..1....221..
Cholera..................
Plague..................
Diarrhœa6111..315..
Enteritis6..1....56....
Puerperal Fever21......12....
Erysipelas1........11....
Other Septic Diseases611....4141
Phthisis4914582203316..
Other Tubercular Diseases1141....6461
Cancer, Malignant Disease23112....10914..
Bronchities331337192571
Pneumonia266531111871
Pleurisy11..........1..
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs22........11..
Alcoholism31......221..
Cirrhosis of Liver
Venereal Diseases93......681..
Premature Birth861....253..
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition1..1........1..
Heart Disease661871052645201
Accidents371342315829..
Suicides621....214..
All other Causes16438145285277861
Totals521145531042119825420958