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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and malignant
disease was 460, the number of males being 182 and females 278.
The corrected death-rate was 1.33 per 1,000 for the whole
Borough:—1.29 for Clapham, 1.43 for Putney, 1.66 for Balham,
1.43 for Streatham, 1.31 for Tooting, and 1.10 for Wandsworth.
The number of deaths in 1925 was 53 less than in 1924, but
10 more than in 1923.
The number of deaths from diseases of the Brain and
Nervous System was 132.
863 deaths occurred from diseases of the Heart and Circulatory
System, compared with 880 in 1924. 594 of these deaths
were of persons over 65 years of age.
There were fewer deaths from diseases of the Respiratory
System, the number being 534, compared with 596 in 1924. The
number from Bronchitis was 315, compared with 327 in 1924,
and from Pneumonia (all forms) 181, compared with 233 in 1924.
Further particulars relative to Pneumonia are given on page 24.
The number of infants under two years of age who died from
these diseases fell from 97 in 1924, to 60 in 1925.
Nine deaths occurred from accidents and diseases of
pregnancy and with the nine deaths already mentioned from
Puerperal Fever, gives a total of 18 deaths after childbirth. This
is equivalent to a rate of 3.6 per 1,000 births, compared with
5.4 in 1924.
154 deaths, 94 males and 60 females, were registered as due
to Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases, compared with
135 in 1924.
196 deaths, 63 males and 133 females, occurred from Old
Age, and all these were persons over 65 years of age. The
number of deaths due to this cause in 1924 was 204.
138 deaths were due to Violence, 94 of them being due to
accident, 40 to suicide, and four to other forms of violence.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 198 persons dying in the Borough,
and on 118 Borough residents who died outside the Borough.
The next Table shows the results of the findings of these inquests.