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RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
The number of deaths due to bronchitis, pneumonia, and other diseases of the
organs of respiration was 125. This is lower by 41 than the figure (166) for 1931.
The death-rate was 1.25 per 1,000. In 1931 the rate was 1.6.
The number of deaths certified to be due to bronchitis was 34. Of this number
28 were amongst persons aged 65 and upwards, and 3 amongst those of the group
45—65.
The deaths traceable to pneumonia numbered 77, and, as in the case of
bronchitis, the later age groups contributed the greatest numbers, though 10 of
the deaths occurred amongst children under 2 years of age.
The number of cases of pneumonia notified in 1932 was 77. Further particulars
with regard to distribution of the cases, both in relation to age and residence, will
be found in the table on page 75. Visits were paid to each of the notified cases,
when not already in a Hospital or other Institution, and any assistance possible in
the way of removal to hospital or nursing (under the Council's arrangement with
the Paddington and Marylebone Nursing Association) offered.
CANCER OR MALIGNANT DISEASE.
The number of deaths due to cancer was 179 and the death-rate 1.75 per 1,000
of the population. These figures are slightly lower than those for 1931, when the
deaths numbered 189 and the rate was 1.9 per 1,000.
Information with regard to the situation of the disease and the age at which
death occurred is given in the following tables:—