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Wandsworth 1920

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE VII.DeathsinPublic Institutions,&c., in the Borough, of Persons belongingtothe Borough, 1920.

TABLE VII.

DeathsinPublic Institutions,&c., in the Borough, of Persons belongingtothe Borough, 1920.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.Institutions.
All Ages.Males.Females.Under 1 year.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Tooting Mental Hospital.Hostel of God.Swaffield Road Institution.H.M. Prison.Ryl. Hosp. for IncurablesFountain Mental Hospital.S.Lon. Hosp. for Women.Putney Hospital.Grove Hospital.Weir Hospital.Military Hospitals.Other Places, not Public Institutions.
Enteric Fever.....................................................................
Small-pox.....................................................................
Measles1...1...1.......................................1............
Scarlet Fever.....................................................................
Whooping Cough.....................................................................
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup1174......29....................................11.........
Influenza211..................11.................................2
Erysipelas.....................................................................
Cerebrospinal Fever.....................................................................
Other Epidemic Diseases.....................................................................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis743............151......2...1......1............3
Tuberculous Meningitis11......1.............................................1......
Abdominal Tuberculosis.....................................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................................................................
Other Infective Diseases..................................................................11
Cancer, Malignant Disease20614...............488...3............14...1...1
Rheumatic Fever1...1.........1...........................:::.....................1
Diabetes21l...............1...1.....................1.........2
Other General Diseases312...............11l..............................1...
Alcoholism11.....................1............1........................
Chronic Poisonings.....................................................................
Meningitis.....................................................................
Cerebral Haemorrhage, Apoplexy1046...............118.................................10
Convulsions.....................................................................
Other Diseases of Nervous System954.........1...152......1...11......1...23
Organic Diseases of Heart16610..................88......211......1...1...10
Other Diseases of Circulatory System1174............14331......1......11......16
Bronchitis6...6..................241...............1............4
Broncho-Pneumonia.....................................................................
Lobar Pneumonia2112......................................................2
Pneumonia (type not distinguished)211..................111..................1............
Other Diseases of Respiratory System1...1..................1........................1............
Ulcer of Stomach44..................22........................1......21
Diarrhoea.....................................................................
Enteritis4134...........................2............1...1......
Appendicitis and Typhlitis11.........1.............................................1
Obstruction of Intestines3121..................2.................................3
Cirrhosis of Liver.....................................................................
Other Diseases of Liver312............111..............................1...2
Other Diseases of Digestive System211..................11............1..................1
Nephritis and Bright's Disease523...............122.................................5
Other Diseases of Urinary System11........................1...........................1......
Diseases of Generative System.....................................................................
Puerperal Fever1...1...............1.......................................1
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Childbirth.....................................................................
Premature Birth106410...........................1............1.........8
Congenital Debility and Malformation8448......................................................8
Other Diseases of Early2112......................................................2
Infancy15411.....................15612........................6
Old Age1257......1312411..................3.........8
Deaths from Accident422...............22....................................4
Deaths from Suicide.....................................................................
Other Violent Deaths11.....................1....................................1
Other defined Diseases Ill-defined Diseases or unknown1...1.....................1.................................1
All causes18381102272414426466010684314161266107