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District.
The numbers shown for the year 1900 are corrected
for internal and external institutions, and are thus not
comparable with the same figures for previous years.
Cancer. 147 deaths occurred from this, and it is
noticeable that this year is the first year
since 1893 that there has been any diminution in the
number. The largest number of deaths from this
occurred in the Parish of Clapham, and the smallest
number in the Parish of Tooting,
Tubercular From disease of a Tubercular nature 374
Diseases. deaths occurred, 267 of these being from
Tubercular diseases of the lungs, and 107 from Tubercular
diseases of the brain and bowels.
Of the deaths from Tubercular diseases of the lungs
231 occurred between the ages of 15 and 65, while of
other Tubercular diseases 74 occured under five years of
age.
The death-rate from all Tubercular diseases was
1.7 per 1,000 and for Phthisis 1'23. Last year the
death-rate from Phthisis was 1.34.
With reference to the circular issued in April 1899.
by the late Board of Works, a large number of these
have been distributed by the Sanitary Inspectors, and it
is to be hoped that this will bear fruit in educating
many to realise the infective nature of the disease, and
to take those precautions which are mentioned in the
circular.
Heart Disease. 339 deaths were registered, compared with
325 in 1899, 142 of these occurred in persons
over 65 years of age.