View report page

52
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, one from
Scarlet Fever, three from Diphtheria, two from Enteric Fever, and
four from Diarrhoea.
In Institutions in the Borough 57 deaths from Zymotic
diseases occurred of persons not belonging thereto, compared with
82 in 1908, 106 in 1907, 90 in 1906, and 89 in 1905. The decrease
in 1909 is due to the decrease in the number of deaths from
Scarlet Fever.
Of these deaths 46 occurred in the hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board at Tooting, 18 from Scarlet Fever, and 28
from Diphtheria.
Six deaths from Measles occurred in the Workhouse, two
deaths from Influenza in the Middlesex County Asylum, one from
Erysipelas in the Tooting Bee Asylum, and one from other Septic
diseases in the Hostel of God.
In Institutions in the Borough 46 deaths from Zymotic
diseases occurred of persons belonging thereto, 33 in the Fever
Hospitals at Tooting, two from Measles, 12 from Scarlet Fever,
and 19 from Diphtheria; 10 from Measles in the Workhouse; and
two from Whooping Cough and one from Enteric Fever in
Nursing Homes.
Compared with 1908, this shows a decrease of five deaths
from Scarlet Fever, and of five deaths from Diphtheria.
The next Table shows the death-rates from these diseases for
the whole Borough and for each sub-district for the year 1990, as
well as for the preceding 10 years, and the rates above or below
the decennial average are also shown.