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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from cancer and malignant disease
was 457, the number of males being 194 and females 263. The
corrected death-rate was 1.35 per 1,000 for the whole Borough,
l.32 for Clapham, 1.56 for Putney, 1.52 for Balham, 1.61 for
Streatham, 1.16 for Tooting, and 1.14 for Wandsworth.
The number of deaths in 1923 was seven more than in 1922,
and 45 more than in 1921.
The number of deaths from diseases of the Brain and Nervous
System was 328, compared with 307 for the previous year.
651 deaths occurred from diseases of the Circulatory System,
compared with 613 in 1922. 409 of these deaths were of persons
over 65 years of age.
There were fewer deaths from diseases of the Respiratory
System, the number being 476, compared with 624 in 1922. The
number from Bronchitis was 249, compared with 339 in 1922, and
from Pneumonia (all forms) 189, compared with 236 in 1922.
Further particulars relative to Pneumonia are given on page 22.
The number of infants under two years of age who died from
these diseases fell from 106 in 1922 to 65 in 1923.
Six deaths occurred from accidents and diseases of pregnancy,
and with the eight deaths already mentioned from Puerperal
Fever, gives a total of 14 deaths after childbirth. This is equivalent
to a rate of 2.5 per 1,000 births, compared with 3.0 in 1922.
134 deaths, 70 males and 64 females, were registered as due to
Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases, compared with
160 in 1922.
210 deaths, 79 males and 131 females, occurred from Old
Age, and 209 of these were persons over 65 years of age. The
number of deaths due to this cause in 1922 was 190.
119 deaths were due to Violence, 84 of them being due to
accident, 31 to suicide, and four to other forms of violence.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 154 persons dying in the Borough,
and on 107 Borough residents who died outside the Borough,
The next Table shows the results of the findings of these inquests.