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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Cancer.
The total number of deaths from cancer and other malignant
diseases was 450, 205 of males and 245 of females. Eighty-nine of
these occurred in Clapham, 52 in Putney, 150 in Streatham, 43 in
Tooting, and 116 in Wandsworth.
The corrected death-rate was 1-34 per 1,000, and for the subdistricts
as follows:—Clapham, 1-44; Putney, 1-76; Streatham,
1-41; Tooting, 1-09; and Wandsworth, 1-19.
Two of the deaths occurred from five and under 15 years, one
from 15 and under 25 years, 38 at 25 and under 45 years, 209 at 45
and under 65 years, and 200 over 65 years.
The number of deaths is 38 above last year, and 45 above the
corrected decennial average.
Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System.
From these diseases 307 deaths occurred, 61 in Clapham, 23 in
Putney, 109 in Streatham, 39 in Tooting, and 75 in Wandsworth.
The number of deaths is 10 above last year.
Sixteen of the deaths were due to meningitis, 155 to cerebral
haemorrhage or apoplexy, 21 to convulsions, and 115 to other
diseases of the nervous system.
Circulatory Diseases.
From the above group of diseases, 613 deaths occurred, 459 of
which, 178 males and 281 females, were due to organic disease
of the heart.
119 of these deaths occurred in Clapham, 59 in Putney, 214 in
Streatham, 63 in Tooting, and 158 in Wandsworth.
363 of the deaths were of persons over 65 years of age.
The number of deaths is 55 more than in 1921, and 89 above
the corrected decennial average.
Respiratory Diseases.
The total number of deaths was 624, 149 in Clapham, 53 in
Putney, 177 in Streatham, 54 in Tooting, and 191 in Wandsworth.