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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the deaths from all diseases of the Heart, three were under
one year, two were from two and under five years, 12 were from five
and under 15 years, 11 from 15 and under 25 years, 52 from 25 and
under 45 years, 174 from 45 and under 65 years, and 238 over
65 years.
The number of deaths in 1915 was 56 more than in 1914, and
90 above the corrected decennial average.
Respiratory Diseases.
The total number of deaths was 792, 398 of males and 394 of
females, compared with 520 in 1914, 622 in 1913, and 530 in 1912.
The number of deaths was 272 more than in the previous year, and
175 more than the corrected decennial average.
141 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 72 in Putney, 225 in
Streatham, 99 in Tooting, and 255 in Wandsworth.
Compared with 1914, there was an increase in all the subdistricts.
381 of the deaths occurred from Bronchitis, compared with
231 in 1914; 82 from Lobar Pneumonia, 147 from Lobular or Broncho-Pneumonia,
134 from Pneumonia in which the exact form was
not distinguished; and 48 from other diseases of the Respiratory
Organs.
108 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 52 from one
and under two years, 43 from two and under five years, 19 from
five and under 15 years, 17 from 15 and under 25 years, 67 from
25 and under 45 years, 164 from 45 and under 65 years, and 322
over 65 years.
The greatest number of deaths from these diseases occurred
among infants under one year, and of persons over 45.
From Bronchitis alone 221 deaths occurred among persons
over 65 years of age, compared with 134 in 1914 and 152 in 1913.