London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
VITAL STATISTICS
11
TABLE III. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1964
| CAUSES OF DEATH | DEATHS IN OR BELONGING TO WHOLE DISTRICT AT SUBJOINED AGES | DEATHS 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 | Streatham | ||||||||||
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | 24 | 18 | 6 | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| Tuberculosis, Other | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Syphilitic Disease | 11 | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 98 | 53 | 45 | - | - | - | 2 | 27 | 69 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 17 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | 253 | 208 | 45 | - | - | - | 6 | 116 | 131 | 80 | 79 | 50 | 44 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | 96 | - | 96 | - | - | - | 5 | 42 | 49 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 26 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | 31 | - | 31 | - | - | - | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | 396 | 207 | 189 | - | - | 3 | 13 | 131 | 249 | 109 | 115 | 92 | 80 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 25 | 13 | 12 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Diabetes | 27 | 12 | 15 | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 500 | 177 | 323 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 65 | 430 | 123 | 171 | 114 | 92 |
| Coronary Disease, Angina | 795 | 456 | 339 | - | - | - | 20 | 197 | 578 | 210 | 240 | 190 | 155 |
| Hypertension, with Heart Disease | 43 | 13 | 30 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 37 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 6 |
| Other Heart Disease | 711 | 215 | 496 | - | - | - | 9 | 54 | 648 | 115 | 398 | 87 | 111 |
| Other Circulatory Disease | 262 | 113 | 149 | - | - | - | 3 | 36 | 223 | 70 | 90 | 63 | 39 |
| Influenza | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 283 | 118 | 165 | 22 | 4 | - | 3 | 22 | 232 | 66 | 100 | 71 | 46 |
| Bronchitis | 223 | 149 | 74 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 47 | 171 | 50 | 70 | 56 | 47 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 32 | 17 | 15 | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 31 | 22 | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| Gastritis, Enteritis, Diarrhœa | 21 | 10 | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 21 | 12 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | 24 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Congenital Malformations | 43 | 27 | 16 | 32 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
| Other Defined and Ill-defined Disease | 374 | 145 | 229 | 89 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 76 | 176 | 104 | 111 | 87 | 72 |
| Motor Vehicle Accidents | 47 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
| All other Accidents | 72 | 40 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 15 |
| Suicide | 66 | 36 | 30 | - | - | - | 25 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 13 |
| Homicide and Operations of War | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| All Causes | 4,525 | 2,127 | 2,398 | 151 | 15 | 16 | 180 | 934 | 3,229 | 1,135 | 1,574 | 987 | 829 |