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Wandsworth 1910

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

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

TABLE LIX.

Deaths from Non-Zymotic Diseases.

19001901190219031904190519061907190819091910No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
Cancer14720222224724222425627227427529810—
Tubercular Diseases374388314343380360376352382362351—91
Circulatory „339298320410327346331387350366312—111
Respiratory „577477550379514512511550543690509—137
Premature Birth242274308322298317315285294254249—105
Violence109114127111101911089010711891—40
All other Diseases9249519528271044101910341050105310571032—177
Totals27122704279326392906286929312986300331222842—655

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The above were the cause of 91.5 per cent. of the total deaths,
compared with 88.7 in 1909, 88.8 in 1908, 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 298, 116 of males and 182 of females, compared with
275 in 1909, 274 in 1908, 272 in 1907, 256 in 1906, an increase of
23, compared with the previous year and of 10 compared with the
corrected decennial average.
The corrected death-rate was .86 per 1,000, compared with
.81 in 1909, .83 in 1908, .86 in 1907, .82 in 1906, .78 in 1905, .92 in
1904, and '98 in 1903.