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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Deaths and Causes of Death in Public Institutions.
In the public institutions in the Borough 669 deaths occurred,
compared with 570 in 1903. Of these 553 were of persons who did
not belong to the Borough and 116 of persons belonging to the
Borough.
In Clapham there were 52 deaths in the Hostel of God, four of
these belonging to the Borough. Of these 20 were from Tubercular
disease of the Lungs, 28 from Cancer, and four from all other causes.
Six deaths occurred in the Priory, Roehampton, one from Heart
Disease, one from Pneumonia, and four from all other causes.
In Streatham there were 18 deaths in St. Anne's Home and nine
in the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum Annexe. Of the 18 deaths
in St. Anne's Home seven were from diseases of the Respiratory
Organs, three from Old Age, three from Tubercular diseases, one from
Influenza, and four from other causes.
Of the nine in the Middlesex Asylum Annexe, four were from
Tubercular disease of the Lungs, one from another form of Tubercular
disease, one from Cancer, one from Old Age, and two from all other
causes.
In Tooting 400 deaths occurred in public institutions, 101 of
which were of persons belonging to the Borough.
Of the 171 deaths in Tooting Bec Asylum, 49 were from Old
Age, 21 from Broncho-Pneumonia, 13 from Bright's disease, 10 from
Cancer, four from Tubercular diseases, three from Erysipelas, five
from Softening of the Brain, and 66 from all other causes.
106 deaths occurred in the Fever Hospitals, and of these three were
from Measles, 25 from Scarlet Fever, 45 from Diphtheria, 17 from
Enteric Fever, and 16 from all other causes.
Of the 118 deaths in the Tooting Home, 35 were from Tubercular
disease of the Lungs, 34 from Old Age, 21 from diseases of the
Respiratory Organs, four from Softening of the Brain, two from
Influenza, and 22 from all other causes.
Four deaths occurred in Newlands House Asylum, one from Old
Age, one from Bright's disease, and two from all other causes.
In Wandsworth 126 deaths occurred in the Middlesex County
Lunatic Asylum, 14 in the Royal Hospital for Incurables, n in the
Workhouse, six in the Prison, and four in other places, a total of
161, compared with 155 in 1903.