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CAUSES OF DEATH.
Table No. 12 shows that 167 deaths were clue to Organic Heart Disease,
131 to Cancer, 28 to Bronchitis, 44 to Pneumonia, 55 to Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, 23 to Arterio-sclerosis, 41 to Cerebral Hemorrhage, 4
to Influenza and 9 to Congenital Debility and Malformation.
Fifty per ccnt. of all deaths occured in persons over 65 years of age.
Organic Heart Disease.—Of the 167 deaths from cardiac diseases,
120 were in persons over the agc of 65 years. In 1929, there were 227
deaths from Heart Disease, 175 being persons over the age of 65 years.
Cancer and Malignant Disease.—There were 131 deaths from
Cancer during the year, as against 134 in 1929, 128 in 1928, 141 in 1927,
and 116 in 1926. Ten of the deaths were between the agQS of 25 and
45; 52 between the ages of 45 and 65; and 68 above the age of 65
years.
There were 6,863 deaths from Canccr in London during the year, as
compared with 6,690 in 1929.
On request, rooms are disinfected after a death from Cancer, and
arrangements made for the removal, fumigation or destruction of
bedding. Seven such applications were made during the year and disinfection
was carried out in each case.
Tuberculosis and the Infectious Fevers.—These are reviewed in
the section dealing with the notifiable infectious diseases.
Diarrhœa and Enteritis.—There were six deaths from these diseases
as against ten in 1929. Five of the deaths were under the age of twelve
months; and one between the ages of 45 and 65. During the years
1926-1928 the number of deaths from these causes were 14, 16 and 1
respectively.
During the September quarter the mean temperature was 62.3°, as
against 62.9° in 1929. The rainfall of this quarter in 1930 was 7.2
inches, as against 3-9 in 1929.
Violence and Suicide.—Thirty-eight deaths occured from violence
apart from suicide. Suicide was responsible for 11 deaths.
Puerperal Deaths.—Deaths from puerperal fever and from other
causes associated with childbirth are reviewed in Section II., page 33.
Respiratory Diseases.—Table No. 13 shows the number of deaths
from respiratory diseases during the past five years. The annual death
rate, the number of deaths under 5 years, and the percentage of deaths
occurring in children under 5 years of age is also shown:—