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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the deaths in other places not Public Institutions 15
occurred in Clapham, 19 in Putney, 28 in Streatham, nine in
Tooting, and 16 in Wandsworth.
Table VI. shows the deaths in Public Institutions in the
Borough of persons not belonging thereto, arranged as to ages,
causes of death, and Institution in which the death occurred.
The greatest number of deaths was due to Old Age, and of
the 156 registered, 109 occurred in Tooting Bee Asylum, and 21
in the Tooting Home.
In the Middlesex County Asylum the greatest number of
deaths occurred from Tubercular disease of the Lungs, Old Age,
diseases of the Respiratory Organs, Bright's disease, and all other
causes, which include all diseases of the nervous system.
In Tooting Bee Asylum the greatest number of deaths
occurred from Tubercular disease of the Lungs, diseases of the
Respiratory Organs, Old Age, Bright's disease, Cancer, 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, Old Age, and diseases of the Respiratory
Organs.
In the Fever Hospitals, one death occurred from Measles, 46
from Scarlet Fever, compared with 49 in 1907, 27 from Diphtheria,
compared with 45, one from other forms of Tuberculosis,
one from Developmental diseases, and two from all other causes.