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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and malignant
disease was 520, the number of males being 241 and females
279. The corrected death-rate was 1.48 per 1,000 for the
whole Borough:—1.55 for Clapham; 1.75 for Putney; 1.57
for Balham; 1.82 for Streatham; 1.14 for Tooting; and
1.16 for Wandsworth.
The number of deaths in 1929 was 27 more than in 1928.
The number of deaths from diseases of the Brain and
Nervous System was 141.
1,277 deaths occurred from diseases of the Heart and
Circulatory System, compared with 1,081 in 1928. 903 of
these deaths were of persons over 65 years of age.
There were 734 deaths from diseases of the Respiratory
System, compared with 493 in 1928. The number from
Bronchitis was 366 compared with 209 in 1928, and from
Pneumonia (all forms) 331 compared with 246 in 1928. Further
particulars relative to Pneumonia are given on page 32.
The number of infants under two years of age who died
from these diseases was 87.
146 deaths, 79 males and 67 females, were registered as
due to Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases, compared
with 118 in 1928.
159 deaths, 57 males and 102 females, occurred from Old
Age, and all these were persons over 65 years of age. The
number of deaths due to this cause in 1928 was 166.
197 deaths were due to Violence, 144 of them being due
to accident, 45 to suicide, and eight to other forms of violence.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 264 persons dying in the Borough,
and on 221 Borough residents who died outside the Borough.