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2.)
motic.
Cancerous disease was noticed in last year's
report as having been on the increase for several
years. During 1889 however there has been an appreciable
diminution in the mortality from this disease,
but througout London generally another decided increase
has been recorded.
Infantile
Mortality.
429 deaths were registered during the year,
of infants under 1 year of age. This was equal
to 25.2 per cpnt of the total number of deaths. The infantile
mortality is however better expressed in relation
to the number of children born within the year. The
figures below give us the number of deaths of children
under one year of age for every thousand births.
Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births—
In Clapham 15.0
,, Putney 127.6
,, Streatham 100.9
,, Tooting 143.8
,, Wandsworth 91.1
For the entire district the infantile mortality thus expressed
is 105. This rate is very low indeed. It is the
lowest of all the Sanitary areas of registration into which
London is divided. The small proportion of infants who
die in this district compared with London generally would
seem to indicate that more enlightened ideas prevail here
in regard to infant feeding, than in the districts around
us. It is a well known fact that improper feeding is one
of the most fruitful causes of disease and death among
infants during their first year of life.
General
Rcmarks.
The year 1889 has been singularly free from
any serious epidemics of Zymotic Disease, thereby
giving us an exceedingly low Zymotic Death-Kate. At
the same time it has been remarkable for the low deathrate
arising from diseases of a non-zymotic character.
We have therefore every reason to congratulate ourselves
on the sanitary condition of the district as evidenced by
these facts.