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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
149
Compared with 1911 there has been an increase in this rate
in Clapham, Tooting, and Wandsworth, and a decrease in Putney
and Streatham.
There has again been an increase in the rate from this disease
compared with the previous year and with the decennial average,
and in the various sub-districts there has been a considerable
increase in Clapham, Tooting and Wandsworth, a slight increase
in Streatham, but a decrease in Putney. It is specially noticeable
that the death-rate in Tooting is the lowest and that in Clapham
the highest of the sub-districts, not only for 1912, but during the
whole of the 10 years. In the decennium 1851-1860 this rate
for England and Wales was only 32.5, but it increased in 1891-1900
to 75.8, and for London only in the decennium 1851-1860 it was
42, and for 1891-1900 85, or slightly more than double.
Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System.
From these diseases 305 deaths occurred, compared with 358
in 1911, 351 in 1910, and 372 in 1909.
71 of these deaths occurred in Clapham, 24 in Putney, 93 in
Streatham, 30 in Tooting, and 87 in Wandsworth.
21 of the deaths were due to Meningitis, 154 to Cerebral
Haemorrhage or Apoplexy, 27 to Convulsions, 12 to Softening of
the Brain, 31 to Paralysis, 25 to General Paralysis of the Insane,
four to Locomotor Ataxy, 13 to Epilepsy, and 39 to other diseases
of the Nervous System.
The number of deaths from Cerebral Haemorrhage or Apoplexy
in each sub-district was as follows:—in Clapham 30, in Putney 15,
in Streatham 50, in Tooting 12, and in Wandsworth 47, a total of
154, compared with 147 in 1911, 155 in 1910, and 158 in 1909.
30 of the deaths from Diseases of the Brain and Nervous
System were under one year, eight from one to two years, eight
from two to five years, 16 from five to 15 years, eight from 15 to 25
years, 42 from 25 to 45 years, 85 from 45 to 65 years, and 129 over
65 years.