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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and malignant
disease was 495, the number of males being 212 and females 283.
The corrected death-rate was 1-42 per 1,000 for the whole
Borough:-—1-45 for Clapham; 1-77 for Putney; 1-51 for Balham;
1-57 for Streatham; -91 for Tooting; and 1-35 for Wandsworth.
The number of deaths in 1926 was 35 more than in 1925, but
18 less than in 1924.
The number of deaths from diseases of the Brain and
Nervous System was 126.
934 deaths occurred from diseases of the Heart and Circulatory
System, compared with 863 in 1925. 638 of these deaths
were of persons over 65 years of age.
There were 541 deaths from diseases of the Respiratory
System, compared with 534 in 1925. The number from Bronchitis
was 279, compared with 315 in 1925, and from Pneumonia (all
forms) 217, compared with 181 in 1925. Further particulars
relative to Pneumonia are given on page 21.
The number of infants under two years of age who died
from these diseases was 81.
Five deaths occurred from accidents and diseases of pregnancy
and with the five deaths already mentioned from Puerperal Fever,
gives a total of 10 deaths after childbirth. This is equivalent
to a rate of 2-03 per 1,000 births, compared with 3.6 in 1925.
177 deaths, 94 males and 83 females, were registered as due
to Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases, compared with
154 in 1925.
166 deaths, 56 males and 110 females, occurred from Old
Age, and all these, except one, were persons over 65 years of age.
The number of deaths due to this cause in 1925 was 196.
159 deaths were due to Violence, 107 of them being due to
accident, 50 to suicide, and two to other forms of violence.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 185 persons dying in the Borough,
and on 139 Borough residents who died outside the Borough.
The next Table shows the results of the findings of these inquests.