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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES
The total number of deaths from cancer and malignant disease
was 1,161, the number of males being 517 and females 644. The death
rate was 3.5 per 1,000. The number of deaths in 1957 was 12 more
than in the previous year.
Deaths from diseases of the heart and circulatory system were 1,802
compared with 1,959 in 1956. Of these deaths 1,339 were of persons
of 65 years of age and above.
There were 537 deaths from diseases of the respiratory system compared
with 597 in 1956. The number of deaths from bronchitis was
242 compared with 335 in 1956, and from pneumonia (all forms)
252 compared with 231 in 1956. Further particulars relative to
pneumonia are given on page 17.
One hundred and forty-seven deaths were due to violence, 21 of
them being due to motor accidents, 46 to suicide and 80 to other
forms of violence.
CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION AND INOCULATION
Two thousand, two hundred and ninety 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 thirteen 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 four cases it was found necessary to recommend
superannuation.
Forty-one 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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