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Wandsworth 1904

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

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82 Report oj the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXXV.Deaths from Non-Zymotic Diseases.

TABLE XXXV.

Deaths from Non-Zymotic Diseases.

18941895189618971898189919001 901190219031904
Cancer115118154154159178147202222247242
Tubercular Diseases234256245276309305374388314343380
Circulatory „172206271261254325339298320410327
Respiratory „340486369355485469577477550379514
Premature Birth164218189216207248242274308322298
Violence667069598l81109114127111101
All other Diseases6316876636677066419249519528271044
Totals17222041196019882201224727122704279326392906

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The above were the cause of 85 per cent. of the total deaths,
compared with 85.8 in 1903, 83.9 in 1902, and 85.3 in 1901.
Cancer.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and other malignant
diseases was 242, a decrease of five compared with 1903, but an
increase of 36.9 compared with the corrected decennial average.
The corrected death-rate was .92, compared with 98 in 1903, and
.90 in 1902.
The number of deaths and the death-rate in each sub-district
was as follows:—Clapham 59 and 1.07, Putney 27 and 1.00,
Streatham 72 and 86, Tooting 23 and 87, and Wandsworth 61 and
.83.
88 of the total deaths were of males and 154 of females, a
decrease of three males and two females compared with 1903.