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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES
The total number of deaths from cancer and malignant disease was
1,149, the number of males being 542 and females 607. The death
rate was 3.4 per 1,000. The number of deaths in 1956 was 79 more
than in the previous year.
Deaths from diseases of the heart and circulatory system were
1,959 compared with 2,124 in 1955. Of these deaths 1,662 were of
persons of 65 years of age and above.
There were 597 deaths from diseases of the respiratory system
compared with 590 in 1955. The number of deaths from bronchitis
was 335 compared with 289 in 1955, and from pneumonia (all forms)
231 compared with 251 in 1955. Further particulars relative to
pneumonia are given on page 16.
One hundred and fifty-five deaths were due to violence, 31 of
them being due to motor accidents, 42 to suicide and 82 to other
forms of violence.
CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION AND INOCULATION
One thousand, six hundred and forty-three 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 eight 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 six cases it was found necessary to recommend
superannuation.
Forty-four 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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