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NON.INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and malignant
disease was 493, the number of males being 223 and females
270. The corrected death.rate was 1.38 per 1,000 for the
whole Borough:—1.41 for Clapham; 1.47 for Putney; 1.47
for Balham; 1.50 for Streatham; .90 for Tooting; and
1.42 for Wandsworth.
The number of deaths in 1928 was three less than in 1927.
The number of deaths from diseases of the Brain and
Nervous System was 137.
1,081 deaths occurred from diseases of the Heart and Circulatory
System, compared with 953 in 1927. 755 of these deaths
were of persons over 65 years of age.
There were 493 deaths from diseases of the Respiratory
System, compared with 619 in 1927. The number from
Bronchitis was 209, compared with 339 in 1927, and from
Pneumonia (all forms) 246, compared with 239 in 1927. Further
particulars relative to Pneumonia are given on page 34.
The number of infants under two years of age who died
from these diseases was 64.
118 deaths, 65 males and 53 females, were registered as
due to Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases, compared
with 140 in 1927.
166 deaths, 57 males and 109 females, occurred from Old
Age, and all these, except one, were persons over 65 years
of age. The number of deaths due to this cause in 1927 was
196.
192 deaths were due to Violence, 136 of them being due
to accident, 51 to suicide, and five to other forms of violence.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 287 persons dying in the Borough,
and on 2U Borough residents who died outside the Borough.
The next Table shows the results of the findings of these
inquests.