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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Name of Public Institution. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham | Tooting. | Wands'th. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostel of God | 62 | 62 | ||||
| St. Anne's Home | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Middlesex County Asylum | 10 | 109 | 19 | |||
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Fever Hospital | 134 | 134 | ||||
| Fountain Asylum | 42 | 42 | ||||
| Tooting Home | S3 | 53 | ||||
| H. M. Prison | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Workhouse | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Royal Hospital for Incurables | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Tooting Bee Asylum | 368 | 368 | ||||
| The Priory | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 3rd London General Hosp. | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Putney Hospital | 29 | 29 | ||||
| Newlands House Asylum | 3 | 3 | ||||
| TOTAL | 62 | 32 | 67 | 600 | 143 | 854 |
| Other places | 48 | 42 | 44 | 12 | 18 | 164 |
| GRAND TOTAL | IIO | 74 | 61 | 612 | 161 | 1,018 |
Compared with the year 1913 there has been a decrease of
nine in the deaths in Institutions, and of seven in other places, or
a total decrease of 16.
Table VIII. shows the deaths in Public Institutions in the
Borough of persons not belonging thereto, and Table IX. the
number of deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough of persons
belonging thereto, arranged as to ages, causes of death and
Institution in which the death occurred.