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75
died in the Union Infirmary. If these 27 be added to
the total number of 196 deaths registered within the
district, we get an average death-rate of 14.3 per 1,000.
Deaths occurring
in Putney
and Roehampton.
In examining the death record of the
year there are several facts which are very
apparent and striking. The total number
of deaths from zymotic diseases was very low indeed.
Only seven deaths from these causes were registered.
On the other hand there has been a remarkable increase
in the number of deaths due to cancer and nervous diseases.
Of the eleven deaths from cancer, seven occurred
among females and four among males and eight of the
eleven occurred among individuals above 60 years of age.
Of the 36 cases of nervous disease the majority occurred
among children below 5 years of age, and were chiefly
convulsions due to teething and other causes.
Ages at
Death.
Of the total number of deaths 36.7 per cent.
occurred among children under 5 years, and
34.1 per cent. among those above 60 years of age. This
leaves only the small per centage of 29.2 among all ages
between 5 and 60 years.
Social Position
of Diseases.
There were 119 deaths registered of persons
classed under the industrial and labouring
population, which is equivalent to 60.6 per cent. of
the total number of deaths. Among the zymotic class
of diseases however, 85 per cent. of the total number of
deaths occurred among the working classes. This
clearly shows the much greater danger to which the
working classes are exposed owing to the conditions of
life under which they live, and shows the great necessity
of constant sanitary supervision to counteract as much
as possible the injurious influence of their surroundings.