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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES
The total number of deaths from cancer and malignant disease
was 1,110, the number of males being 548 and females 562. The
death-rate was 3.33 per 1,000. The number of deaths in 1954 was
54 more than in 1953.
Deaths from disease of the heart and circulatory system were
1,986 compared with 1,872 in 1953. Of these deaths 1,708 were of
persons of 65 years of age and above.
There were 443 deaths from diseases of the respiratory system
compared with 651 in 1953. The number of deaths from bronchitis
was 231 compared with 353 in 1953, and from pneumonia (all forms),
192 compared with 261 in 1953. Further particulars relative to
pneumonia are given on page 18.
One hundred and forty-two deaths were due to violence, 22 of
them being due to motor accidents, 45 to suicide and 75 to other
forms of violence.
CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION
AND INOCULATION
Nine hundred and fifty-six 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.
STAFF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
At the request of the Committees and Chief Officers concerned,
arrangements were made during the year for 16 members of the
Council's staff to undergo special medical examinations. In the
majority of cases the purpose of the examination was to determine
the employee's future fitness for his occupation, following serious
illness, and in ten cases it was found necessary to recommend
superannuation.
Thirty-eight shorter reports on members of the staff who were
sick were obtained from doctors and hospitals at the request of the
departments concerned.
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