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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases.
249 deaths, 124 of males and 125 of females, were registered
as having occurred from these diseases, compared with 234 in 1913,
240 in 1912, and 268 in 1911. The number of deaths is thus 15
above last year, but is 64 under the corrected decennial average.
115 of the deaths were due to Premature Birth, 118 to Developmental
diseases and 16 from other diseases of Early Infancy. 243
were of infants under one year, three from one and under two years,
and three 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
XIX., which deals with Infantile Mortality, while for the subdistricts
the Tables will be found in the Appendix.
Old Age.
256 deaths, 78 of males and 178 of females, occurred from Old
Age, compared with 237 in 1913, 236 in 1912, and 210 in 1911.
50 of these occurred in Clapham, 16 in Putney, 87 in Streatham,
24 in Tooting, and 79 in Wandsworth.
All these deaths were of persons over 65 years. Six were from
65 and under 70, 33 from 70 and under 75, 63 from 75 and under 80,
67 from 80 and under 85, 58 from 85 and under 90, 22 from 90 and
under 95, and seven from 95 and under 100.
1,227 deaths, or 33.22 per cent. of the total deaths, occurred in
persons over 65 years, compared with 31.9 in 1913, 32 in 1912 and
28.3 in 1911.
The percentage of deaths over 65 years to total deaths, in the
sub-districts was as follows:—In Clapham 34.59, in Putney 35.15,
in Streatham 39.77, in Tooting 19.091, and in Wandsworth 30.66.