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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
deaths were due to Haemorrhage, two to Convulsions, two to
Extra-uterine Gestation, one to Phlegmasia Dolens, and six to
Puerperal Thrombosis.
Diabetes Mellitus was the cause of 22 deaths: eight in Clapham,
none in Putney, six in Streatham, one in Tooting, and seven
in Wandsworth.
From Acute Appendicitis there were 21 deaths during the
year, 13 of males and eight of females, compared with 19 in 1909 :
four in Clapham, four in Putney, eight in Streatham, one in Tooting,
and four in Wandsworth.
Violence.
91 deaths, 63 of males and 28 of females, occurred from
Violence, compared with 118 in 1909, 107 in 1908, 90 in 1907, 108
in 1906, and 91 in 1905.
62 of the deaths were due to Accidental and 29 to Suicidal
causes.
21 of the deaths belonged to Clapham, 10 to Putney, 25 to
Streatham, 10 to Tooting, and 25 to Wandsworth.
From Accidental causes eight of the deaths were of infants
under one year, five of persons from one to five years, 11 from
five to 15 years, four from 15 to 25 years, 21 from 25 to 65 years,
and 13 over 65 years.
Of the deaths from Suicidal causes two were from 15 to 25
years, 23 from 25 to 65 years, and four over 65 years.
The number of deaths from Violence is 27 less than in 1909,
and 40 under the corrected decennial average.