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Wandsworth 1909

[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, 1909.

TABLE VI.

Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough of Persons not belonging to the Borough, 1909.

Deaths in whole District at subjoined ages.Institutions.
causes of death.AH 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.Middlesex County Asylum.Tooting Bee Asylum.Hostel of God.Tooting Home.Fever Hospitals.Workhouse.H.M. Prison.Ryl.Hospit. forlncbls.St. Anne's Home.The Priory.Other Places—not Institutions.
Small-pox............................................................
Measles633141........................6...............
Scarlet Fever18810144.....................18..................
Typhus Fever............................................................
Epidemic Influenza22............11...2..............................
Whooping Cough11...1.............................................1
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup28121631311...1...............28..................
Croup............................................................
Enteric Fever............................................................
Asiatic Cholera............................................................
Diarrhœa, Dysentery............................................................
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis............................................................
Enteritis11...............1...1..............................
Other Continued Fevers............................................................
Erysipelas11..................1...1...........................
Puerperal Fever............................................................
Other Septic Diseases1...1............1.........1........................
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia............................................................
Tuberculosis of Meninges11............1......1..............................
Tuberculosis of Lungs7241.........3164492013922......12......5
Other forms of Tuberculosis871.........251141.........11.........
Alcoholism............................................................
Cancer391227.........1241426202...1...1......6
Premature Birth11...1..............................1...............
Developmental Diseases844251............4.........2............2
Old Age1727399............716510123...28...7.........11
Meningitis............................................................
Inflammation and Softening of Brain3...3............122......3...1...............
Organic Diseases of Heart514............141........................1
Acute Bronchitis127511......285.........2......4...1
Chronic Bronchitis20164............317...15...0............2...1
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia463016.........2935336............113...2
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia1293...3112513...11......1311
Diseases of Stomach2111............1..................1.........1
Obstruction of Intestines22..................12..............................
Cirrhosis of Liver312...............3........................1...2
Nephritis and Bright's Disease1596............693101..................1
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs............................................................
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition1...1............1..................1...............
Deaths by Accident or Negligence532............22...1........................4
Deaths by Suicide1091.........181...........................19
Deaths from ill-defined causes............................................................
All other causes161936821288365367715...6176418
All causes6563483081241233420334390293336347275*322756