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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Deaths from other causes.
From Alcoholism, Acute and Chronic, eight deaths, three of
males and five of females, occurred; and 38, 19 of males and 19 of
females, from Cirrhosis of the Liver, compared with 12 and 32 in
1908.
From Nephritis and Bright's disease 106 deaths occurred, 55.
of males and 51 of females, compared with 128 in 1908.
From diseases of the Brain and Nervous System 372 deaths
occurred, compared with 320 in 1908, 308 in 1907, 299 in 1906,.
and 307 in 1905. 86 of these deaths were in Clapham, 42 in
Putney, 118 in Streatham, 26 in Tooting, and 100 in Wandsworth.
26 of the deaths were due to Meningitis, 14 to Inflammation
and Softening of the Brain, 158 to Apoplexy, 30 to Hemiplegia
and Paralysis, 31 to General Paralysis of the Insane, 12 to
Epilepsy, 34 to Convulsions, 17 to Paraplegia and diseases of the
Spinal Cord, and 50 to other diseases of the Nervous System.
The number of deaths from Apoplexy in each sub-district was
as follows :—In Clapham 37, in Putney 14, in Streatham 62, in
Tooting 11, and in Wandsworth 34, a total of 158, compared with
120 in 1908, 143 in 1907, and 115 in 1906.
From Accidents and diseases of Parturition 14 deaths
occurred, three from 15 to 25 years, and 11 from 25 to 65 years.
This, added to the number of deaths from Puerperal Fever, viz.,
8, gives a total of 22 deaths after child-birth, or a proportion of
3.14 per 1,000 births. In England and Wales for the year 1908,
which is the latest available report, this rate was 3.57, and in
the 10 years immediately preceding, the average proportion had
been 4.31 per 1,000 births. Of the 14 deaths, two occurred in
Clapham, one in Putney, three in Streatham, two in Tooting, and
six in Wandsworth. Six of the deaths were due to Haemorrhage,
three to Convulsions, one to Extra-uterine Gestation, one to
Rupture of Uterus, one to Caesarian Section, and two to Cardiac
Syncope.
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