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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Causes of Death at different Periods of Life in Battersea, 1937.
The following table is supplied by the Registrar General at the request of the Ministry of Health:—
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | M. | 947 | 91 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 36 | 43 | 104 | 177 | 234 | 206 |
| F. | 903 | 60 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 29 | 35 | 63 | 133 | 204 | 311 | |
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. Measles | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Scarlet fever | M. | 1 | _ | __ | __ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Whooping cough | M. | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F. | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 5. Diphtheria | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F. | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6. Influenza | M. | 22 | _ | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| F. | 21 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 7. Encephalitis lethargica | M. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 8. Cerebro-spinal fever | M. | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 63 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 1 | - |
| F. | 48 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | - | — | |
| 10. Other tuberculous diseases | M. | 6 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| F. | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 11. Syphilis | M | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| F. | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| F. | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| 13. Cancer, malignant disease | M. | 130 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 45 | 22 | ||
| F. | 114 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 35 | 31 | |
| 14. Diabetes | M. | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| F. | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | |
| 15. Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc. | M. | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| F. | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | |
| 16. Heart disease | M. | 247 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 84 | 95 |
| F. | 329 | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 77 | 187 | |
| 17. Aneurysm | M. | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| F. | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |