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Wandsworth 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE III.Deaths from Non-Zymotic Diseases.

TABLE III.

Deaths from Non-Zymotic Diseases.

1897189818991900190119021903104190519061907
Cancer154159178147202222247242224256272
Tubercular Diseases276309305374388314343380360376352
Circulatory „26125432533929832041032734633 1387
Respiratory ,,355485469577477550379514512511550
Premature Birth216207248242274308322298317315285
Violence598l811091141271111019110890
All other Diseases6677066419249519528271044IOI910341050
Totals1988220I224727122704279326392906286929312986

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The above were the cause of 87.4 per cent, of the total deaths,
compared with 84^7 in 1906, 86'4 in 1905, 84 in 1904, 85'8 in 1903,
83^9 in 1902, and 8s3 in 1901.
Cancer.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and other malignant
diseases was 272, 93 of males and 179 of females, compared with
256 in 1906, an increase of 19, and of 5.6 compared with the
corrected decennial average.
The corrected death-rate was .86 per 1,000, compared with
'82 in 1906, 78 in 1905, 92 in 1904, and .98 in 1903.
The number of deaths and the death-rate in each sub-district
was as follows:—Clapham 71 and 1.04; Putney 24 and '79;
Streatham 90 and '91 ; Tooting 16 and .50; and Wandsworth 74
and .78.
One of the deaths occurred at one to five years, one from five
to 15 years, 158 from 25 to 65 years, and 112 over 65 years.