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Wandsworth 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Deaths and Causes of Death in Public Institutions.
In the Public Institutions in the Borough 1,225 deaths occurred
during the year, compared with 1,018 in 1914, 1,034 in 1913. and
958 in 1912. Of these, 1,012 deaths were of persons not belonging
to the Borough, compared with 824 in 1914, and 213 of persons
belonging to the Borough, compared with 194 in 1914.
The following Table shows the Institutions where these deaths
occurred and the number of deaths in each.
The causes of, and ages at death in these persons are shown
in Tables VIII., IX., and X. in an earlier part of this Report.