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Wandsworth 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Vital Statistics 7
TABLE III.- Causes of, and Ages at Deatd, during the Year 1940.
| Causes of Deatd. | Deatds in or belonging to whole district at subjoined ages. | Deatds in or belonging to Localities (all ages) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Putney. | Central. | Clapham. | Streatdam. | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | 1 | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Diphtderia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 133 | 83 | 50 | ... | ... | ... | 65 | 41 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 41 | 29 |
| Otder forms of Tuberculosis | 19 | 12 | 7 | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | ... | 6 | 5 |
| Syphilitic Disease | 33 | 24 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Influenza | 45 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 10 |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 5 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Acute Infectious Encephalitis | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Cancer and otder Malignant Tumours | 707 | 329 | 378 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 239 | 428 | 187 | 209 | 160 | 151 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 28 | 10 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 384 | 172 | 212 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 72 | 306 | 99 | 107 | 95 | 83 |
| Diseases of Heart | 1245 | 572 | 673 | ... | ... | ... | 28 | 216 | 1001 | 319 | 380 | 288 | 258 |
| Otder Diseases of Circulatory System | 237 | 91 | 146 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 34 | 200 | 63 | 80 | 56 | 38 |
| Bronchitis | 294 | 178 | 116 | 4 | ... | ... | 5 | 59 | 226 | 78 | 78 | 73 | 65 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 163 | 91 | 72 | 15 | 3 | ... | 4 | 25 | 116 | 49 | 42 | 37 | 35 |
| Otder Diseases of Respiratory System | 45 | 25 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 15 |
| Ulceration of Stomach | 30 | 21 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... |
| Appendicitis | 9 | 5 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Otder Digestive Diseases | 61 | 23 | 38 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 21 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Nephritis | 65 | 30 | 35 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 19 |
| Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Otder Maternal Causes | l | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Premature Birtd | 37 | 23 | 14 | 37 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
| Congenital Malformations | 63 | 36 | 27 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 13 |
| Suicide | 40 | 27 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| Road Traffic Accidents | 32 | 27 | 5 | ... | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Otder Violent Causes | 76 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 17 |
| All Otder Causes | 227 | 128 | 99 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 36 | 159 | 54 | 79 | 54 | 40 |
| All causes | 3991 | 1975 | 2016 | 130 | 21 | 19 | 241 | 866 | 2714 | 1043 | 1167 | 938 | 843 |