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20 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
The above Table gives the deaths from non-zymotic
diseases for the last ten years, together with the number
above or below the decennial average, corrected for increase
of population.
Gout and There were 22 deaths, and they were 3 below
Rheumatism the corrected average.
Cancer and The deaths numbered 159, showing a slight
other Tumours. increase on the two preceding years, and an
excess of 32 over the corrected average. There is seen
to be a steady increase of these deaths during the
decade, but it must be remembered that some of the
deaths under this heading occurred in institutions and
do not belong properly to the district. This is the case
more in this group of diseases than in any other excepting
Phthisis, owing to the character of the institutions in the
district.
Tubercular There were 309 deaths in this class, a larger
Diseases. number than in any year of the decade, but,
allowing for the increase of population, 12 below the
average. The deaths from Phthisis were 219, giving,
with those in outlying institutions, a rate of 1.13 per
thousand living. The London rate was 1.77, and only
two London districts had lower Phthisis rates, namely;—
Hampstead, 0.74, and Lewisham, 0.88. This is satisfactory,
as there is no doubt as to the relationship
between Phthisis and general insanitary conditions.
Diseases of These deaths also were below the corrected
the Nervous system average by 65. The total deaths were
274.
Diseases of On the other hand these exceeded the
the circulatory avrage by 25. They numbered 254, and
System have only been exceeded in 1896 and 1897 of
the last ten years.