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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Of the total deaths from the above under one year, viz.: 35,
29 were from Convulsions, while of the total deaths over 65 years,
viz.: 151, 85 were from Cerebral Haemorrhage.
Circulatory Diseases.
From the above group of diseases 359 deaths occurred, 140
of which, 68 males and 72 females, were due to Organic disease
of the Heart.
74 of these deaths occurred in Clapham, 38 in Putney, 105 in
Streatham, 29 in Tooting, and 113 in Wandsworth.
Of the deaths from all diseases of the Heart, three were from
two to five years, 14 from five to 15 years, 12 from 15 to 25 years,
47 from 25 to 45 years, 103 from 45 to 65 years, and 180 over
65 years.
The number of deaths in 1911 was 47 more than in 1910, but
43 under the corrected decennial average.
Respiratory Diseases.
The total number of deaths was 531, 263 of males and 268 of
females, compared with 509 in 1910, 690 in 1909, 543 in 1908,
550 in 1907, and 511 in 1906. The number of deaths was 22 more
than in the previous year, but 79 under the corrected decennial
average.
117 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 52 in Putney, 129 in
Streatham, 58 in Tooting, and 175 in Wandsworth.
Compared with 1910, there was a decrease in Streatham and
Tooting, and an increase in Clapham and Wandsworth, while in
Putney the number of deaths was the same.
225 of the deaths occurred from Bronchitis, compared with
240 in 1910; 29 from Lobar Pneumonia, 115 from Lobular or
Broncho-Pneumonia, 130 from Pneumonia in which the exact form
was not distinguished; and 32 from other diseases of the Respiratory
Organs.