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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and malignant
disease was 513, the number of males being 231 and females 282.
The corrected death-rate was 1.5 per 1,000 for the whole
Borough:—1.5 for Clapham, 1.21 for Putney, 1.73 for Balham,
1.73 for Streatham, 1.25 for Tooting, and 1.36 for Wandsworth.
The number of deaths in 1924 was 56 more than in 1923,
and 63 more than in 1922.
The number of deaths from diseases of the Brain and
Nervous System was 139.
880 deaths occurred from diseases of the Heart and Circulatory
System, compared with 829 in 1923. 591 of these deaths
were of persons over 65 years of age.
There were more deaths from diseases of the Respiratory
System, the number being 596, compared with 476 in 1923. The
number from Bronchitis was 327, compared with 249 in 1923,
and from Pneumonia (all forms) 233, compared with 189 in 1923.
Further particulars relative to Pneumonia are given on page 19.
The number of infants under two years of age who died from
these diseases rose from 65 in 1923 to 97 in 1924.
18 deaths occurred from accidents and diseases of pregnancy,
and with the nine deaths already mentioned from Puerperal Fever,
gives a total of 27 deaths after childbirth. This is equivalent
to a rate of 5.4 per 1,000 births, compared with 2.5 in 1923.
135 deaths, 78 males and 57 females, were registered as due
to Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases, compared with
134 in 1923.
204 deaths, 70 males and 134 females, occurred from Old
Age, and 203 of these were persons over 65 years of age. The
number of deaths due to this cause in 1923 was 210.
147 deaths were due to Violence, 113 of them being due to
accident, 30 to suicide, and four to other forms of violence.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 193 persons dying in the Borough,
and on 132 Borough residents who died outside the Borough.
The next Table shows the results of the findings of these inquests.