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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
From Nephritis and Bright's disease 123 deaths occurred,
67 of males and 56 of females.
From Accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Child Birth
six deaths occurred. This, added to the number of deaths from
Puerperal Fever—viz., six—gives a total of 12 deaths after child
birth, or a proportion of 2-43 per 1,000 births.
Diabetes Mellitus was the cause of 31 deaths, 17 of males and
14 of females.
Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases.
189 deaths, 115 of males and 74 of females, were registered
as having occurred from these diseases.
65 of the deaths were due to Premature Birth, 107 to Developmental
diseases and 17 from other diseases of Early Infancy. 184
were of infants under one year, three from one and under two years,
and two 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
XII., which deals with Infantile Mortality.
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Old Age.
257 deaths, 91 of males and 166 of females, occurred from
Old Age. 63 in Clapham, 22 in Putney, 78 in Streatham, 26 in
Tooting, and 68 in Wandsworth. All the deaths except two, were of
persons over 65 years of age.