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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
deaths in the Asylum, 21 were from Phthisis Pulmonalis, 22 from
Old Age, four from Softening of the Brain, four from Acute Bronchitis,
three from Bright's Disease, two each from other forms
of Tubercular Disease, Cancer, Developmental Diseases, Meningitis,
Obstruction of Bowels, and Accidents, one each from Chronic
Bronchitis, and Diseases of Stomach, while 45 were from all
other causes, this including the various forms of insanity.
Of the 11 in the Prison, four were from Phthisis Pulmonalis,
four from all other causes, and one each from Heart Disease,
Bronchitis, and Accident.
Of the 12 in the Workhouse, four were from Measles, four
from Developmental Diseases, two from Bronchitis, and one each
from Premature Birth and all other causes.
Of the 13 in the Royal Hospital for Incurables, three were
from Heart Disease, six from all other causes, two from Cancer,
and one each from Influenza, and Phthisis Pulmonalis.
There are no public institutions in Putney.
Of these 499 deaths in public institutions, 80 were of persons
belonging to the Borough, and the great majority of the deaths,
viz., 71, occurred in Tooting, either in the Metropolitan Asylums
Board's Hospitals or in the Tooting Home. Of these, 18
belonged to Clapham, five to Putney, 10 to Streatham, nine to
Tooting, and 29 to Wandsworth.
The number of deaths in outlying institutions arranged as to
causes of death, and institutions in which the deaths occurred,
are shown in the Table.
Mortuaries.
The Borough of Wandsworth lies in three Coroners' Districts.
The Parish of Clapham is in the Duchy of Lancaster, Streatham
in the Southern, and Wandsworth, Putney and Tooting in the
South-Western Coroner's District.