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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and malignant
disease was 496, the number of males being 214 and females
282. The corrected death-rate was T40 per 1,000 for the
whole Borough:—1.63 for Clapham ; 1.32 for Putney,; 1.52
for Balham ; 1.55 for Streatham ; 1.13 for Tooting; and
1.22 for Wandsworth.
The number of deaths in 1927 was one more than in 1926,
but 17 less than in 1924.
The number of deaths from diseases of the Brain and
Nervous System was 113.
953 deaths occurred from diseases of the Heart and Circulatory
System, compared with 934 in 1926. 656 of these deaths
were of persons over 65 years of age.
There were 619 deaths from diseases of the Respiratory
System, compared with 541 in 1926. The number from
Bronchitis was 339, compared with 279 in 1926, and from
Pneumonia (all forms) 239, compared with 217 in 1926. Further
particulars relative to Pneumonia are given on page 20.
The number of infants under two years of age who died
from these diseases was 69.
13 deaths occurred from accidents and diseases of pregnancy
and with the six deaths already mentioned from Puerperal
Fever, gives a total of 19 deaths after childbirth. This is
equivalent to a rate of 4.08 per 1,000 births, compared with
2.03 in 1926.
140 deaths, 79 males and 61 females, were registered as
due to Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases, compared
with 177 in 1926.
196 deaths, 70 males and 126 females, occurred from Old
Age, and all these, except three, were persons over 65 years
of age. The number of deaths due to this cause in 1926 was
166.
165 deaths were due to Violence, 112 of them being due
to accident, 50 to suicide, and three to other forms of violence.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 171 persons dying in the Borough,
and on 151 Borough residents who died outside the Borough.
The next Table shows the results of the findings of these
inquests.