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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 41
Of these deaths 76 occurred in the Fever Hospital, 21 from
Scarlet Fever, 43 from Diphtheria, six from Whooping Cough,
five from Tuberculous diseases, and one from Diarrhoea.
24 deaths from these diseases occurred in the Middlesex County
Asylum, 21 from Tuberculous diseases, one from other infective
diseases, and one from Diarrhoea; nine in the Tooting Bee Asylum,
seven from Tuberculous diseases, one from Erysipelas, and one from
other infective diseases; 17 in the Hostel of God, all from Tuberculous
diseases; 12 in the Tooting Home, all from Tuberculous
diseases; one in the Royal Hospital for Incurables from Tuberculous
disease; 14 in the Fountain Asylum, 13 from Tuberculous
diseases, and one from Whooping Cough; one in St. Anne's Home
from Tuberculous disease; two in Putney Hospital from Tuberculous
diseases; and one in Newland's House from Tuberculous
disease. In other places not Institutions 10 deaths occurred, six
from Tuberculous diseases, two from Enteric Fever and two from
Influenza.
In Institutions in the Borough 60 deaths from infective diseases
occurred of persons belonging thereto, 45 in the Fever Hospital at
Tooting, six from Scarlet Fever, five from Enteric Fever, 26 from
Diphtheria, two from Whooping Cough, three from Puerperal
Fever, two from Tuberculous diseases, and one from other infective
diseases; six in the Tooting Home, all from Tuberculous diseases;
two in the Putney Hospital, one from Tuberculous disease, and one
from other infective diseases; three in the Hostel of God, from
Tuberculous diseases and one in other place from Measles.
Compared with 1913 this shows a decrease of 27.
The next Tables shows the death rates from these diseases for
the whole Borough and for each sub-district for the year 1914, as
well as for the preceding 10 years, and the rates above or below
the decennial average are also shown.