[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough] page 15

Wandsworth 1940

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

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

15
Vital Statistics.

Table: Table II.— Causes of, and Ages at Death, during the Year 1940.

Download table as:

Table II.— Causes of, and Ages at Death, during the Year 1940.

Causes or Death.	Deaths in or belonging to whole district at subjoined ages.											Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages).
Causes or Death.	All Ages.	Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2.	2 and under 6.	6 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 45.	45 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	Clapham.	Putney.	Balham.	Streathain.	Tooting.	Wandsworth.	Deaths in Public Institutions, Nursing Homes, etc.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cerebro-spinal Fever	9	4	5	2	..	2	..	..	1	4	..	2	1	2	..	1	3	8
Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Diphtheria	7	1	6	..	..	3	2	1	1	..	..	..	1	..	2	1	3	6
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System	219	124	95	..	..	..	2	39	94	66	18	49	15	31	38	27	59	157
Other forms of Tuberculosis	23	12	11	2	1	2	3	5	5	4	1	6	1	2	6	2	6	20
Syphilitic Disease	81	24	7	..	..	..	..	..	2	16	13	6	1	5	5	9	5	20
Influenza	62	34	28	..	..	..	..	..	6	25	30	9	10	12	16	3	12	18
Measles	2	2	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis	2	1	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	2	..	..	1
Acute Infectious Encephalitis	2	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	1
Cancer and other Malignant Tumours	622	304	318	..	..	..	..	..	49	253	320	95	76	102	134	58	157	378
Diabetes Mellitis	43	17	26	..	..	..	..	1	4	13	25	11	2	3	12	7	8	29
Cerebral Hæmorrhage, etc.	249	90	119	..	..	..	2	..	5	73	169	35	30	43	59	24	58	128
Diseases of Heart	1167	539	628	..	..	1	1	5	35	211	914	202	83	219	226	140	297	585
Other Diseases of Circulatory System	215	96	119	..	..	..	..	..	2	39	174	44	29	30	40	11	57	117
Bronchitis	237	130	107	5	2	1	..		7	63	159	50	18	33	42	28	66	79
Pneumonia (all forms)	257	127	130	26	2	5	3	3	11	58	149	51	29	46	43	25	62	155
Other Diseases of Respiratory System Ulceration of Stomach	30	17	13	1	..	1	1	..	3	13	11	8	3	4	6	2	7	9
Other Diseases of Respiratory System Ulceration of Stomach	49	41	8	1	..	..	..	1	5	26	16	7	5	17	4	2	14	38
Diarrhœa	5	2	3	3	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	2	5
Appendicitis	14	6	8	..	..	1	..	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	1	2	12
Other Digestive Diseases	84	36	48	7	..	..	..	2	12	21	42	14	6	20	19	7	18	62
Nephritis	82	39	43	..	1	1	1	1	4	30	44	22	13	10	14	4	19	40
Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis	5	..	5	..	..	..	..	3	2	..	..	1	2	1	..	..	2	5
Other Maternal Causes	4	..	4	..	..	..	..	..	4	..	..	1	..	..	1	1	1	5
Premature Birth	52	30	22	52	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	13	4	6	11	6	12	40
Congenital Malformations	58	38	20	55	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	11	3	12	11	7	14	44
Suicide	54	32	22	..	..	..	..	6	11	26	11	7	7	5	11	5	19	22
Road Traffic Accidents	36	23	13	..	..	1	3	6	2	5	19	5	5	11	6	2	7	31
Other Violent Causes	584	308	276	7	3	14	19	68	168	182	123	186	50	94	90	23	141	215
All Other Causes	385	183	202	6	..	..	6	8	38	83	244	65	39	56	93	32	100	203
All causes	4590	2269 2321		168	12	33	45	153	478	1214	2487	905	436	769	900	428	1152	2435

London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Wandsworth 1940

Text

Table: Table II.— Causes of, and Ages at Death, during the Year 1940.