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

Wandsworth 1968

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

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Table: TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1968—contd.

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TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1968—contd.

CAUSES OF DEATH	Deaths assigned to Borough in age groups													Deaths shown in localities (all ages)
	All ages	Males	Females	Under 1 year	1-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75 upwards	Deaths shown in localities (all ages)
														Putney	Central	Batter- sea
														Brought forward	1,068	537	541	8	4	8	6	10	41	126	231	309	335	285	399	384
Active rheumatic fever	1	1	-_	—	_-	—	-	—	-_	1	-	-	-	1	-
Chronic rheumatic heart disease	56	19	37	-	-	-	-	1	2	8	12	15	18	14	21	21
Hypertensive disease	69	22	47	_-	_	—	-_	1	-	1	9	13	45	20	23	26
Ischaemic heart disease	1,076	556	520	—	—	—	—	2	12	63	171	271	557	286	396	394
Other forms of heart disease	263	73	190	—	1	—	1	—	2	4	15	39	201	66	98	99
Cerebrovascular disease	487	173	314	—	—	—	1	2	9	17	56	95	307	120	182	185
Other diseases of the circulatory system	250	79	171	—	—	—	—	1	2	6	27	38	176	70	88	92
Influenza	48	16	32	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	5	41	13	16	19
Pneumonia	442	164	278	16	3	1	1	—	1	5	27	79	309	111	170	161
Bronchitis, emphysema	302	215	87	—	1	—	—	—	1	13	37	85	165	82	109	111
Asthma	14	9	5	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	4	4	4	3	7	4
Other diseases of the respiratory system	39	21	18	3	—	2	—	—	—	2	11	5	16	12	13	14
Peptic ulcer	31	16	15	—	1	—	—	—	3	1	3	9	14	9	11	11
Appendicitis	2	-_	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	_
Intestinal obstruction and hernia	22	9	13	2	1	-	-	—	-	1	1	1	16	6	8	8
Cirrhosis of liver	17	8	9	—	—	—	1	—	1	2	6	4	3	6	4	7
Other diseases of the digestive system	50	16	34	3	—	—	2	1	—	3	4	8	29	15	19	16
Nephritis and nephrosis	11	8	3	—	—	—	1	—	—	2	3	4	1	4	3	4
Hyperplasia of prostate	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	—	5	2	3	2
Other diseases of the genito-urinary system	23	4	19	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	4	14	5	10	8
Abortion	4	-	4	-_	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	2	—
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	25	6	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	17	7	8	10
Congenital anomalies	39	19	20	21	3	5	-_	—	1	2	2	-_	5	12	13	14
Birth injury, difficult labour, and other anoxic and hypoxic conditions	25	13	12	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	9
Other causes of perinatal mortality	29	16	13	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	11
Symptoms and ill-defined conditions	9	6	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-	9	2	5	2
Motor vehicle accidents	32	15	17	—	1	2	6	3	2	4	2	6	6	8	13	11
All other accidents	52	28	24	3	2	3	9	3	4	3	3	10	12	13	20	19
Suicide and self-inflicted injuries	56	38	18	—	—	—	6	11	6	9	9	6	9	21	18	17
All other external causes	17	10	7	—	—	—	2	2	4	1	5	2	1	5	6	6
Totals	4,571	2,105	2,466	110	17	21	39	40	96	277	647	1,016	2,308	1,214	1,690	1,667