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Wandsworth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
NON-ZYMOTIC DISEASES
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these for
the year, as well as for the previous decennium for the whole
Borough. The numbers for the years 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904,
1905, 1906, 1907 and 1908 are corrected for External and Internal
Institutions.
| 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | I902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | 159 | 178 | 147 | 202 | 222 | 247 | 242 | 224 | 256 | 272 | 274 | |
| Tubercular Diseases | 309 | 305 | 374 | 388 | 314 | 343 | 380 | 360 | 376 | 352 | 382 | |
| Circulatory „ | 254 | 325 | 339 | 298 | 320 | 410 | 327 | 346 | 331 | 387 | 350 | |
| Respiratory ,, | 485 | 469 | 577 | 477 | 550 | 379 | 514 | 512 | 511 | 550 | 543 | |
| Premature Birth | 207 | 248 | 242 | 274 | 308 | 322 | 298 | 317 | 315 | 285 | 294 | |
| Violence | 81 | 81 | 109 | 114 | 127 | 111 | 101 | 91 | 108 | 90 | 107 | |
| All other Diseases | 706 | 641 | 924 | 951 | 952 | 827 | 1044 | 1019 | 1034 | 1050 | 1053 | |
| Toials | 2201 | 2247 | 2712 | 2704 | 2793 | 2639 | 2906 | 2869 | 2931 | 2986 | 3003 | |
The above were the cause of 88.8 per cent, of the total deaths,
compared with 87.4 in 1907, 84.7 in 1906, 86.4 in 1905, 84 in 1904,
85.8 in 1903, 83.9 in 1902, and 85.3 in 1901.
Cancer.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and other malignant
diseases was 274, 112 of males and 162 of females, compared with
272 in 1907, 256 in 1906, an increase of two, but a decrease of 5.3
compared with the corrected decennial average.