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Wandsworth 1907

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

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18 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE VII.Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons belonging to the Borough, 1907.

TABLE VII.

Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons belonging to the Borough, 1907.

causes of death.Deathsinorbelongingtowhole Districtatsubjoinedages.Institutions.
AllAges.Males.Females.Under 1 year.1 andunder 5.5andunder 15.15 andunder 25.25andunder 65.65andupwards.FeverHospitals.TootingHome.HostelofGod.WorkhouseTootingBeeAsylum.OtherPlaces—not Institutions.
Small-pox.............................................
Mea-les22......11.........2...............
ScarletFever201010...81011...20...............
TyphusFever.............................................
EpidemicInfluenza11..................1...1............
WhoopingCough.............................................
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup28181011512.........28...............
Croup.............................................
EntericFever.............................................
AsiaticCholera.............................................
Diarrhoea, Dysentery.............................................
EpidemicorZymoticEnteritis.............................................
Enteritis.............................................
OtherContinuedFevers.............................................
Erysipelas.............................................
PuerperalFever.............................................
OtherSepticDiseases.............................................
IntermittentFeverandMalarialCachexia.............................................
TuberculosisofMeninges.............................................
TuberculosisofLungs24159............13...1175......1
OtherformsofTuberculosis11...............1...1...............
Alcoholism.............................................
Cancer945...............4...24......3
PrematureBirth1...11........................1......
DevelopmentalDiseases.............................................
OldAge25916...............25...19...141
Meningitis.............................................
InflammationandSofteningof Brain.............................................
OrganicDiseasesofHeart.............................................
AcuteBronchitis.............................................
ChronicBronchitis11..................1...............1
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia11..................I..................
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia2...21............1...1...1......
DiseasesofStomach.............................................
ObstructionofIntestines33..................2...3............
CirrhosisofLiver.............................................
NephritisandBright'sDisease11...............1...............1...
TumoursandotherAffections ofFemaleGenitalOrgans.............................................
AccidentsandDiseasesof Parturition1...1............1..................1
DeathsbyAccidentorNegligence1212...1...227..................12
DeathsbySuicide211............2..................2
Deathsfromill-definedcauses.............................................
Allothercauses1367............4916.........6
Allcauses14785624242594243534993627