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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of deaths in Public Institutions, etc., viz.:—771,
is an increase of 42 compared with the previous year. There was,
however, only an increase of six in Institutions, but an increase
of 36 in other places.
In the Hostel of God the number of deaths was 15 more, in
St. Anne's Home seven less, in the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum 16
less, in the Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals 15 more, in
the Tooting Home 23 less, in the Prison one more, in the Workhouse
one less, in the Royal Hospital for Incurables two less, in
the Tooting Bee Asylum 22 more, in the Priory two more, and in
other places 36 more than in the year 1905.
In the Table it will be seen that in the deaths at other places,
11 occurred in Clapham, 16 in Putney, 17 in Streatham, two in
Tooting, and 18 in Wandsworth.
Table VI. shows the deaths in Public Institutions, etc., in the
Borough of persons not belonging thereto, arranged as to ages,
causes of death, and Institutions in which the deaths occurred.
As in previous years the greatest number of deaths was due
to Old Age, 154 of these having been registered, 60 of males and
94 of females, and of these 116 occurred in the Tooting Bee
Asylum.
In the Middlesex County Asylum the greatest number of
deaths occurred from Tubercular disease of the Lungs, Old Age,
and other causes, which include all diseases of the nervous system.
In the Tooting Bee Asylum the greatest number of deaths
occurred from Tubercular disease of the Lungs, Old Age, Softening
of the Brain, Lobar Pneumonia, and all other causes. In the
Hostel of God from Tubercular disease of the Lungs and Cancer;
and in the Tooting Home from Tubercular disease of the Lungs
and Old Age.
In the Fever Hospitals one death occurred from Measles, 46
from Scarlet Fever, compared with 50; one from Whooping
Cough; 30 from Diphtheria, compared with 20; seven from Enteric
Fever, compared with 11; and nine from other causes, compared
with 13 in 1905.