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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES
The total number of deaths from cancer and malignant
disease was 762, the number of males being 380 and females 382.
The death-rate was 2.28 per 1,ooo. The number of deaths in 1950
was 55 more than in 1949.
1,481 deaths occurred from disease of the heart and circulatory
system compared with 1,482 in 1949. 1,160 of these deaths were
of persons of 65 years of age and above.
There were 421 deaths from diseases of the respiratory system
compared with 502 in 1949. The number from bronchitis was
259 compared with 294 in 1949, and from pneumonia (all forms),
132 compared with 163 in 1949. Further particulars relative to
pneumonia are given on page 12.
154 deaths were due to violence, 29 of them being due to motor
accidents, 52 to suicide and 73 to other forms of violence.
INQUESTS
Inquests were held on 109 persons who died in the Borough
and on 105 Borough residents who died elsewhere.
Twenty-seven verdicts of death from natural causes were
returned and 112 of accidental death; there were 52 suicides, six
open verdicts, 17 of misadventure, one of spinal cord injuries
subsequent to judicial hanging, and one of chronic alcoholism.
CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION AND INOCULATION
A number of requests were received from residents in the
Borough for a certificate of vaccination or inoculation to be authenticated
for the purpose of travel abroad. The signature of the
person issuing the certificate was verified in each case as that of
a registered medical practitioner practising in Wandsworth and
the certificate was endorsed accordingly.