Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1965
CAUSES OF DEATH | Deaths assigned to Borough in age groups | Deaths shown in localities (all ages) | ||||||||||||||
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All Ages | Males | Females | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 35 | 35 and under 45 | 45 and under 55 | 55 and under 65 | 65 and under 75 | 75 and over | Putney | Central | Batter-sea | |
Tuberculosis, Respiratory | 12 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | 6 | 6 |
Tuberculosis, Other | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Syphilitic Disease | 11 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Meningococcal Infections | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 82 | 48 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 21 | 19 | 31 | 22 | 30 | 30 |
Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | 238 | 190 | 48 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 76 | 79 | 49 | 68 | 82 | 88 | |
Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | 82 | 2 | 80 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 30 | 26 |
Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | 31 | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 9 |
Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | 413 | 222 | 191 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 41 | 75 | 112 | 154 | 115 | 154 | 144 |
Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
Diabetes | 30 | 9 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 489 | 175 | 314 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 8 | 17 | 47 | 125 | 290 | 132 | 180 | 177 |
Coronary Disease, Angina | 804 | 463 | 341 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 54 | 157 | 247 | 331 | 248 | 295 | 261 |
Hypertension, with Heart Disease | 37 | 12 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 15 |
Other Heart Disease | 676 | 183 | 493 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 11 | 27 | 106 | 516 | 117 | 414 | 145 |
Other Circulatory Disease | 251 | 94 | 157 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 63 | 154 | 73 | 100 | 78 |
Influenza | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Pneumonia | 309 | 137 | 172 | 26 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 48 | 202 | 64 | 146 | 99 |
Bronchitis | 243 | 176 | 67 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | 50 | 71 | 103 | 68 | 84 | 91 |
Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 41 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 14 |
Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 32 | 17 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 11 |
Gastritis, Enteritis, Diarrhoea | 24 | 6 | 18 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
Nephritis and Nephrosis | 29 | 16 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 |
Hyperplasia of Prostate | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
Congenital Malformations | 35 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 12 | 13 | 10 |
Other Defined and Ill-defined Disease | 360 | 150 | 210 | 77 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 48 | 145 | 102 | 139 | 119 |
Motor Vehicle Accidents | 38 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 18 |
All other Accidents | 60 | 36 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 28 | 20 |
Suicide | 59 | 46 | 13 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 23 |
Homicide and Operations of War | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
All Causes | 4,447 | 2,089 | 2,358 | 143 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 45 | 122 | 276 | 615 | 1,030 | 2,159 | 1.166 | 1,852 | 1,429 |