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Wandsworth 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Cancer.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and other malignant
diseases was 275, 101 of males and 174 of females, compared with
274 in 1908, 272 in 1907, 256 in 1906, an increase of one, but s
decrease of 12.5 compared with the corrected decennial average.
The corrected death-rate was .81 per 1,ooo, compared with
.83 in 1908, .86 in 1907, .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 57 and '82; Putney 19 and .6o;
Streatham 97 and .90; Tooting 22 and .68; and Wandsworth 80
and .82.
One of the deaths occurred at ages from one to five years,
one from five to 15 years, four from 15 to 25 years, 161 from 25 to
65 years, and 108 over 65 years.
The following Table shows the number of deaths according
to the part of the body affected.
DEATHS OF INFANTS VISITED.
| Under I month. | 1—2 months. | 2—3 months. | 3—4 months. | 4—5 months. | 5—6 months. | 6—7 months. | 7—8 months. | 8—9 months. | 9—10 months. | IO 11 months* | I I —12 months. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putney | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Balham | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Tooting ... | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Southfield | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Fairfield | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Springfield | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | |
| Total | 1 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 57 |