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Report of ike Medical Officer of Health.
NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES.
Cancer.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and other malignant
diseases was 403, 150 of males and 253 of females. 81 of
these occurred in Clapham, 43 in Putney, 131 in Streatham, 29
in Tooting, and 119 in Wandsworth.
The corrected death-rate was 1.17 per 1,000, and for the
sub-districts as follows:—Clapham 1.21, Putney 1.48, Streatham
1.22, Tooting .74, and Wandsworth 1.17.
One of the deaths occurred from five and under 15 years,
three at 15 and under 25 years, 41 at 25 and under 45 years, 177
at 45 and under 65 years, and 181 over 65 years.
The number of deaths is four above last year, and 17 above
the corrected decennial average.
Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System.
From these diseases 336 deaths occurred, 70 in Clapham,
32 in Putney, 121 in Streatham, 29 in Tooting, and 84 in
Wandsworth.
Eleven of the deaths were due to Meningitis, 181 to Cerebral
1 hemorrhage or Apoplexy, 23 to Convulsions, three to Softening
of the Brain, 32 to Paralysis, 14 to General Paralysis of the
Insane, eight to Locomotor Ataxy, 14 to Epilepsy, and 50 to
other diseases of the Nervous System.
Circulatory Diseases.
From the above group of diseases, 583 deaths occurred,
435 of which, 194 males and 241 females, were due to Organic
disease of the Heart.
127 of these deaths occurred in Clapham, 49 in Putney, 179
in Streatham, 51 in Tooting, and 177 in Wandsworth.
327 of the deaths were of persons over 65 years of age.