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NON-INFECTIVE IMSEASICS.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and malignant
disease was 575 the number of males being 269 and females 306.
The corrected death-rate was 1.62 per 1,000 for the whole
Borough:— 1.4 for Clapham; 1.64 for Putney; 1.79 for
Balham; 1 *88 for Streatham; I-its for Tooting; and I -r>7 for
Wandsworth.
The number of deaths in l!)itl was it I more than in I!)!i0.
The number of deaths from diseases of the Brain and
Nervous System was 154.
1,107 deaths occurred from diseases of the Heart and Circulatory
System, compared with I,()!)() in 1080, 1,277 in 1020. S7I
of these deaths were of persons over 05 years of age.
There were 102 deaths from diseases of the Respiratory
System, compared with 120 in 1080, and 781 in 1020. The number
from Bronchitis was 270 compared with 187 in 1080, and from
Pneumonia (all forms) l!M compared with 207 in 1080. Further
particulars relative to Pneumonia arc given on page 80.
The number of infants under two years of age who died
from these diseases was 55.
140 deaths, 92 males and 51 females, were registered as due
to Premature Birth and Development Diseases, compared with
142 in 1080.
140 deaths, 08 males and 72 females, occurred from Old
Age, and all these were persons over 05 years of age. The
number of deaths due to this cause in 1080 was 118.
150 deaths were due to Violence, 11G of them being due
to accident, and 48 to suicide.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 201 persons dying in the Borough,
and on 221 Borough residents who died outside the Borough.