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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the deaths from all diseases of the Heart, one was under
one year, 14 were from five and under 15 years, 20 from 15 and under
25 years, 53 from 25 and under 45 years, 158 from 45 and under
65 years, and 190 over 65 years.
The number of deaths in 1914 was 25 more than in 1913, and
33 above the corrected decennial average.
Respiratory Diseases.
The total number of deaths was 520, 260 of males and 260 of
females, compared with 622 in 1913, 530 in 1912 and 531 in 1911.
The number of deaths was 102 less than in the previous year, and
109 less than the corrected decennial average.
90 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 51 in Putney, 166 in
Streatham, 66 in Tooting, and 147 in Wandsworth.
Compared with 1913, there was a decrease in all the subdistricts
with the exception of Tooting, where the number is the
same.
231 of the deaths occurred from Bronchitis, compared with
267 in 1913; 34 from Lobar Pneumonia, 108 from Lobular or Broncho-Pneumonia,
102 from Pneumonia in which the exact form was
not distinguished; and 45 from other diseases of the Respiratory
Organs.
93 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 33 from one
and under two years, 31 from two and under five years, 11 from
five and under 15 years, eight from 15 and under 25 years, 39 from
25 and under 45 years, 98 from 45 and under 65 years, and 197
over 65 years.
The greatest number of deaths from these diseases occurred
among infants under one year, and of persons over 65.
From Bronchitis alone 134 deaths occurred among persons
over 65 years of age, compared with 152 in 1913, and 143 in 1912.