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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 LIV.DeathsfromNon-Zymotic Diseases.

TABLE LIV.

DeathsfromNon-Zymotic Diseases.

18991900190119021903190419051906190719081909
Cancer178147202222247242224256272274275.
Tubercular Diseases305374388314343380360376352382362
Circulatory „325339298320410327346331387350366
Respiratory „469577477550379514512511550543690
Premature Birth248242274308322298317315285294254
Violence811091141271111019110890107118
All other Diseases641924951952827104410191034105010531057
Totals22472712270427932639290628692931298630033122

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In Institutions within the Borough nine deaths occurred from
Cancer, three males and six females. Three of these deaths
occurred in the Workhouse, one in the Hostel of God, one in
Tooting" Home, and four in private nursing homes.
84 of the deaths, 37 of males and 47 of females, occurred in
external Institutions, 32 in Workhouses and Workhouse Infirmaries,
and 52 in General and Special Hospitals.
80 of the total deaths occurred among females from Cancer
of the Breast or Uterus, compared with 75 in 1908, 81 in 1907, 59
in 1906, 47 in 1905, and 69 in 1904.
The next Table shows the death-rate per 100,000 for each of
the sub-districts and for the whole Borough for the year and for
the 10 preceding years.