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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES
The total number of deaths from cancer and malignant disease
was 1,174, the number of males being 561 and females 613. The
death rate was 3.47 per 1,000. The number of deaths in 1958 was
13 more than in the previous year.
Deaths from diseases of the heart and circulatory system were
1,955 compared with 1,802 in 1957. Of these deaths 1,654 were of
persons of 65 years of age and above.
There were 646 deaths from diseases of the respiratory system
compared with 537 in 1957. The number of deaths from bronchitis
was 305 compared with 242 in 1957, and from pneumonia (all forms)
295 compared with 252 in 1957.
One hundred and sixty-one deaths were due to violence, 36 of
them being due to motor accidents, 53 to suicide and 72 to other
forms of violence.
CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION AND INOCULATION
One thousand, six hundred and thirty-two 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 seven 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 three cases it was found necessary to recommend
superannuation.
Forty-six 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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