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Wandsworth 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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22 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these for
the year, as well as for the previous decennium for the whole
Borough, corrected for External and Internal Institutions.

Table: TABLE XIX.Deaths from Non-Infective Diseases.

TABLE XIX.

Deaths from Non-Infective Diseases.

19111912191319141915191619171918191919201921No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
Cancer3213383523933983984073753994034128.8...
Circulatory Diseases35935741142649250455154160158355842...
Respiratory531530622519792567664686627545585...65
Premature Birth268240234249225235189179192235184...66
Violence12011611511311511412798111113122...2
All other Diseases10231025105711301166111910649569911001852...274
Totals26222606279128403188293730022835292128802813...249

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Cancer.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and other malignant
diseases was 412, 182 of males and 230 of females. 76 of
these occurred in Clapham, 39 in Putney, 146 in Streatham, 37
in Tooting, and 114 in Wandsworth.
The corrected death-rate was 1.25 per 1,000, and for the
sub-districts as follows:—Clapham 1.24, Putney 1.35, Streatham
1.39, Tooting .95, and Wandsworth 1.20.
One of the deaths occurred under one year, one from five
and under 15 years, 36 at 25 and under 45 years, 192 at 45 and
under 65 years, and 182 over 65 years.
The number of deaths is nine above last year, and 8.8 above
the corrected decennial average.