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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In Institutions in the Borough 140 deaths from infective
diseases occurred of persons not belonging thereto, compared with
91 in 1910. The increase in 191 x is due to the increase in the number
of deaths from Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, and Tuberculous
diseases.
Of these deaths 63 occurred in the hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board at Tooting, eight from Scarlet Fever, 23
from Diphtheria, 25 from Whooping Cough, two from Measles,
and five from other causes..
14 deaths from these diseases occurred in the Middlesex
County Asylum, 13 from Tuberculous diseases and one from
Diarrhoea; 11 in the Tooting Bee Asylum, 21 in the Hostel of
God, and 18 in the Tooting Home, all from Tuberculous diseases;
one in the Royal Hospital for Incurables from Erysipelas, and one
from Tuberculous disease ; one in H.M. Prison from Tuberculous
disease ; one in the Workhouse, and one in The Priory from other
infective diseases. In other places not institutions 13 deaths
occurred, one from Whooping Cough, one from Influenza, six from
Tuberculous diseases, and five from Diarrhoea.
In Institutions in the Borough 88 deaths from infective diseases
occurred of persons belonging thereto, 47 in the Fever Hospitals,
at Tooting, five from Measles, nine from Scarlet Fever, nine from
Whooping Cough, 20 from Diphtheria, one from Cerebro-spinal
Fever, and three from Tuberculous diseases; 32 in the Tooting
Home, all from Tuberculous diseases; one in the Hostel of God
from Tuberculous disease; one in the Tooting Bee Asylum, and five
in other places from Tuberculous diseases.
Compared with 1910, this shows an increase of 42, chiefly from
Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Tuberculous diseases.
The next Table shows the death-rates from these diseases for
the whole Borough and for each sub-district for the year 1911, as
well as for the preceding 10 years, and the rates above or below
the decennial average are also shown.