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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 VII.Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons belonging to the Borough, 1908.

TABLE VII.

Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons belonging to the Borough, 1908.

CAUSES Of DEATH.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Institutions.
All Ages. Males. Females.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Fever Hospitals.Tooting Home.Hostel of God.Workhouse.Tooting Bee Asylum.H M. Prison.Royal Hospital for Incurables.Other Places—not Institutions.
Small-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever171161106.........17.....................
Typhus Fever...................................................
Epidemic Influenza1..................1......1..................
Whooping Cough...................................................
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup245192139.........24.....................
Croup...................................................
Enteric Fever...................................................
Asiatic Cholera...................................................
Diarrhoea, Dysentery11..........................................1
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis...................................................
Enteritis...................................................
Other Continued Fevers1...1...............1...1..................
Erysipelas...................................................
Puerperal Fever...................................................
Other Septic Diseases...................................................
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia...................................................
Tuberculosis of Meninges1...1...1............1.....................
Tuberculosis of Lungs281810.........424......243......1......
Other forms of Tuberculosis33...............21......1......2......
Alcoholism211............111..................1
Cancer ..624............24...22............2
Premature Birth1...11........................1............
Developmental Diseases54141............2......1.........2
Old Age311120...............31...16...7......11
Meningitis...................................................
Inflammation and Softening of Brain11..................1............1.........
Organic Diseases of Heart44......1......2112...............1
Acute Bronchitis...................................................
Chronic Bronchitis211............11.....................1
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia44...............22.....................1
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia1183......1......10...10......1.........
Diseases of Stomach...................................................
Obstruction of Intestines22............11........................2
Cirrhosis of Liver...................................................
Nephritis and Bright's Disease413............22...1......1......2
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs...................................................
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition...................................................
Deaths by Accident or Negligence1073...3122211...............8
Deaths by Suicide66...............51.....................6
Deaths from ill-defined causes11...1.................................1
All other causes19154...1...213316......2......8
All causes18510679103017958614864611143237