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Wandsworth 1908

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE VI.Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons not belonging to the Borough, 1908.

TABLE VI.

Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons not belonging to the Borough, 1908.

causes of death.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Institutions.
All Ages.Males.Females.Under i year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Middlesex County Asylum.Tooting Bee Asylum.Hostel of God.Tooting Home.Fever Hospitals.Workhouse.H.M. Prison.Ryl. Hospit. for lncbls.St. Anne's Home.The Priory.Other Places—not Institutions.
Small-pox............................................................
Measles11......1........................1..................
Scarlet Fever46262012420...1...............46..................
Typhus Fever............................................................
Epidemic Influenza413......1......3.....................11...1
Whooping Cough............................................................
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup27171011214.....................27..................
Croup............................................................
Enteric Fever............................................................
Asiatic Cholera............................................................
Diarrhoea, Dysentery11...1.............................................1
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis2112.............................................2
Enteritis4...4............31..............................1
Other Continued Fevers............................................................
Erysipelas1...1...............1..............................1
Puerperal Fever............................................................
Other Septic Diseases............................................................
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia............................................................
Tuberculosis of Meninges1...1......1.........1..............................
Tuberculosis of Lungs653629............437111018......1............4
Other forms of Tuberculosis422......1...2111............1............
Alcoholism............................................................
Cancer461531............2718...1028......1...2......1
Premature Birth............................................................
Developmental Diseases211.2.............................................1
Old Age1566294............4152131091......6......123
Meningitis............................................................
Inflammation and Softening of Brain514...............513........................1
Organic Diseases of Heart954............63321......2............1
Acute Bronchitis7611.........151......1............4...1
Chronic Bronchitis251510............223211...3.........15...3.
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia412516......1...1029631...1...............21
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia10551.........27...2...7..................1
Diseases of Stomach11...............1......1...........................
Obstruction of Intestines523............1413...1.....................
Cirrhosis of Liver22...............11...1........................1
Nephritis and Bright's Disease19910............712710..................1...1
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs............................................................
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition2...2.........11.................................2
Deaths by Accident or Negligence1495............8624..................1...7
Deaths by Suicide211.........11.................................2
Deaths from ill-defined causes............................................................
All other causes13179521...15655933561822165314
All causes63332331010373924186337852544968781221018750