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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 (Jfficer of Health.
Other Septic Diseases.
12 deaths were caused by other Septic diseases, two in Clapham,
one in Putney, six in Streatham, and three in Wandsworth.
Of these eight were stated to have been due to Malignant or
Septic Endocarditis, and four to Septicaemia.
Two deaths were caused by Intermittent Fever or Malaria,,
the disease in both cases having been contracted abroad.
NON-ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these for
the year, as well as for the previous decennium for the whole
Borough. With the exception of the year 1899, the numbers arecorrected
for External and Internal Institutions.
TABLE LIV.
Deaths from Non-Zymotic Diseases.
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
Cancer
178
147
202
222
247
242
224
256
272
274
275.
Tubercular Diseases
305
374
388
314
343
380
360
376
352
382
362
Circulatory „
325
339
298
320
410
327
346
331
387
350
366
Respiratory „
469
577
477
550
379
514
512
511
550
543
690
Premature Birth
248
242
274
308
322
298
317
315
285
294
254
Violence
81
109
114
127
111
101
91
108
90
107
118
All other Diseases
641
924
951
952
827
1044
1019
1034
1050
1053
1057
Totals
2247
2712
2704
2793
2639
2906
2869
2931
2986
3003
3122