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Infantile Mortality. 540 of the total number of deaths occurred.
among children under 1 year. This is a percentage
of 27.5 of the total number of deaths. We get
a better idea of the extent of infantile mortality when
the number is expressed in relation to the number of
children born, thus:—
Deaths under 1 year per 1000 births —
Year 1888. Year 1887.
Wandsworth 16 114
Streatham 112 101
Clapham 155 122
Putney 213 151
According to these figures each sub-district presents a
higher infantile mortality relative to the birth-rate than
the previous year.
Causes of Mortality It will be seen from Table VI that of the total number of 1964 deaths, 304 were caused
by Zymotic disease. Diseases of the respiratory organs
were the most fatal of all the different classes of disease ;
18.1 per cent of the total number of deaths were due to
diseases of this nature. Last year these diseases were
responsible for 19 per cent of the whole mortality. An
interesting point in connection with the mortality tables
is the prevalence of cancerous disease amongst us. It
has lately been shewn by one authority especially that
Cancer is on the increase. In the Wandsworth District
during the year, 70 deaths were due to Cancer and other
tumours, which is equivalent to 3.5 per cent of the total
number of deaths. In the previous year the disease
caused 2.9 per cent of the total deaths in the whole
district including Battersea. In the year 1886 it caused
2.6 per cent of the total mortaliy. From these figures
it would appear that cancerous disease has been somewhat
on the increase in this district.