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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Asylum, 15 in the Royal Hospital for Incurables, nine in the Workhouse,
and seven in the Prison.
Of the 130 deaths in the Middlesex County Asylum 17 were from
Tubercular Disease of the Lungs, 15 from Old Age, nine from Diseases
of the Respiratory Organs, four from Cancer, four from Bright's
Disease, two from other Septic Diseases, two from Heart Disease, two
from Accident, two from other Tubercular Diseases, one each from
Enteric Fever, Puerperal Fever, Softening of the Brain, Disease of
Stomach, five from Apoplexy, five from all other causes, and 55 from
Diseases of the Nervous System, including 38 from General Paralysis
of the Insane, five from Epilepsy, and 12 from other Diseases of the
Nervous System.
Of the nine deaths in the Workhouse six were from Premature
Birth, and three from Developmental Diseases.
Of the 15 deaths in the Royal Hospital for Incurables three were
from Influenza, three from Cancer, one each from Old Age, Bright's
Disease, and seven from other causes.
Of the seven deaths in the Prison one was from Influenza, one
from Diarrhoea, one from Bright's Disease, and four from other causes.
The total number of deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough
of persons not belonging to the Borough, arranged according to sex,
age, cause of death, and the institution in which the deaths, occurred,
is shown on Table VI., and of persons belonging to the Borough on
Table VII.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children.
69 deaths of illegitimate children were registered in the Borough
during the year, eight in Clapham, eight in Putney, 21 in Streatham,
15 in Tooting, and 17 in Wandsworth.
Seven of these deaths occurred from Premature Birth, 11 from
Developmental Diseases, five from Whooping Cough, four each from
Measles, Tubercular Diseases and Accident, 10 from Diseases of the
Respiratory Organs, eight from Enteritis, six from Diarrhaea, one from
Bright's Disease, and nine from all other causes.
Water Supply.
The following Tables, which have been abstracted from the
monthly reports of the Water Examiner to the Local Government
Board, show the results of the analyses of the water of the two
district supplies for each month during the year.