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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases.
192 deaths, 108 of males and 84 of females, were registered
as having occurred from these diseases.
98 of the deaths were due to Premature Birth, 71 to Developmental
diseases and 23 from other diseases of Early Infancy. 187
were of infants under one year, three from one and under two years,
and two over two years.
The number of deaths is 13 above last year, but is 56 under
the corrected decennial average.
The number of deaths from these diseases in the Borough is
shown more in detail in an earlier part of this Report in Table
XIII., which deals with Infantile Mortality.
Old Age.
232 deaths, 80 of males and 152 of females, occurred from
Old Age, 63 in Clapham, 18 in Putney, 72 in Streatham, 10 in
Tooting, and 69 in Wandsworth. All the deaths except one were of
persons ov er 65 years of age.
Violence.
111 deaths, 69 of males and 42 of females, occurred from
Violence, 87 of the deaths being due to Accidental, and 20 to
Suicidal causes, while four deaths were caused by other forms of
Violence.
15 of the deaths belonged to Clapham, eight to Putney, 43 to
Streatham, 13 to Tooting, and 32 to Wandsworth.
Inquests.
The next Table shows the number of Inquests heid in the
Borough during the year, and Table XXII. the number of-inquests
held outside the Borough of persons belonging thereto.