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42 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In Institutions in the Borough 186 deaths from infective diseases
occurred of persons not belonging thereto, compared with 140 in 1911.
The increase in 1912 is due to the increase in the number of deaths
from Measles and Tuberculous diseases.
Of these deaths 67 occurred in the Grove Hospital, nine from
Scarlet Fever, 19 from Diphtheria, 19 from Whooping Cough,
18 from Measles, one from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and one from
Diarrhoea.
24 deaths from these diseases occurred in the Middlesex County
Asylum, 22 from Tuberculous diseases, one from Erysipelas, and one
from Diarrhœa; five in the Tooting Bec Asylum; 23 in the Hostel
of God, all from Tuberculous diseases; 51 in the Tooting Home,
50 from Tuberculous diseases, and one from Influenza; two in the
Royal Hospital for Incurables, one from Influenza, and one from
Tuberculous disease; one in H.M. Prison from Tuberculous
disease ; and three in the Fountain Asylum from Tuberculous
diseases. In other places not institutions 12 deaths occurred, one
from Influenza, nine from Tuberculous diseases, and two from
Diarrhœa.
In Institutions in the Borough 91 deaths from infective diseases
occurred of persons belonging thereto, 38 in the Fever Hospital
at Tooting, seven from Measles, eight from Scarlet Fever, eight from
Whooping Cough, and 15 from Diphtheria; 45 in the Tooting Home,
44 from Tuberculous diseases, and one from Influenza; one in the
Hostel of God from Tuberculous disease; one in the Fountain
Asylum from Tuberculous disease; one in the Middlesex Asylum
from Enteric Fever; three in the Putney Hospital, one from Tuberculous
disease, one from Puerperal Fever, and one from other
infective diseases ; and one in other places from Tuberculous disease.
Compared with 1911, this shows an increase of three.
The next Table shows the death-rates from these diseases for
the whole Borough and for each sub-district for the year 1912, as
well as for the preceding 10 years, and the rates above or below
the decennial average are also shown.