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182 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases.
234 deaths, 132 of males and 102 of females, were registered
as having occurred from these diseases, compared with 240 in 1912,
268 in 1911, and 249 in 1910. The number of deaths is thus six
under last year, and 93 under the corrected decennial average.
103 of the deaths were due to Premature Birth, 105 to Developmental
diseases and 26 from other diseases of Early Infancy. 231
were of infants under one year, two from one and under two years,
and one over two years.
The number of deaths from these diseases in the Borough is
shown more in detail in an earlier part of this Report in Table
XXIV., which deals with Infantile Mortality, while for the subdistricts
the Tables will be found in the Appendix.
Old Age.
237 deaths, 81 of males and 156 of females, occurred from Old
Age, compared with 236 in 1912, 210 in 1911, and 179 in 1910.
49 of these occurred in Clapham, 22 in Putney, 68 in Streatham,
26 in Tooting, and 72 in Wandsworth.
With one exception all these deaths were of persons over 65
years. Six were from 65 and under 70, 40 from 70 and under 75,
53 from 75 and under 80, 68 from 80 and under 85, 49 from 85 and
under 90, 17 from 90 and under 95, two from 95 and under 100,
and one over 100 years.
1,146 deaths, or 31.9 per cent. of the total deaths, occurred in
persons over 65 years, compared with 32 in 1912, 28.3 in 1911, and
31.1 in 1910.
The percentage of deaths over 65 years to total deaths, in the
sub-districts was as follows:—In Clapham 30.8, in Putney 34.6,
in Streatham 38.1, in Tooting 25, and in Wandsworth 28.3.