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Wandsworth 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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98 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1932.
Public Vaccinators—continued.
Tooting, No. 1 *Dr. P. A. Carrie,
859, Garratt Lane, Tooting,
S.W. 17.
Tooting, No. 2 *Dr. R. C. Spence,
18, Longley Road, Tooting,
S.W. 17.
Wandsworth, No. 1 *Dr. E. R. Badcock,
29, West Hill, Wandsworth,
S.W. 18.
Wandsworth, No. 2 *Dr. H. A. Topalia,
248, Earlsfield Road,
Wandsworth, S.W. 18.
Swaffield Road *Dr. H. A. Topalia,
Institution 248, Earlsfield Road,
Wandsworth, S.W. 18.
Vaccination Officers.
Clapham and Wands- The Medical Officer of Health,
worth
Balham, Streatham and *Mr. L. H. Ford,
Tooting. 128, Franciscan Road,
Tooting, S.W. 17.
Putney *Mr. C. L. Taylor,
28, Crieff Road, Wandsworth,
S.W. 18.
Mr. Robert Brown, Senior Sanitary Inspector, retired in June
after 89 years service and Mr. A. E. Vickers was promoted to
Senior Sanitary Inspector in his place.
Mr. F. Haworth was superannuated on account of ill health,
after 12 years service with the Council, and I regret to have to
report that he has since died.
CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE METROPOLITAN
BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH, 1932.
(Compiled by the Registrar-General).
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES | M. | 1980 | 139 | 35 | 27 | 30 | 74 | 93 | 98 | 218 | 364 | 461 | 441 |
| F. | 2107 | 123 | 14 | 28 | 28 | 60 | 91 | 95 | 173 | 318 | 436 | 741 | |
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | M. | 1 | ___ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| F. | |||||||||||||
| 2. Measles | M. | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| F. | 19 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | ||||||
| 3. Scarlet fever | M. | 3 | _ | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| F. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4. Whooping cough | M. | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| F. | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5. Diphtheria | M. | 9 | _ | 3 | 4 | 2 | __ | ||||||
| F. | 5 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6. Influenza | M. | 40 | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | |
| F. | 73 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 25 | |
| 7. Encephalitis lethargica | M. | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | __ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | ||
| F. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8. Cerebro-spinal fever . . | M. | 4 | 1 | 1 | ___ | ||||||||
| F. | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 155 | 2 | 25 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 2 | |||
| F. | 90 | — | 1 | — | 24 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 10. Other tuberculous diseases | M. | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| F. | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | |
| 11. Syphilis | M. | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | |||||
| F. | -i— | ||||||||||||
| 12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M. | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | |||||
| F. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||
| 13. Cancer, malignant disease | M. | 218 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 62 | 74 | 42 | ||
| F. | 326 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 56 | 89 I | 78 | 78 | |
| 14. Diabetes | M. | 19 | _ | _ | _ | __ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| F. | 25 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | |
| 15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | M. | 63 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 21 | ||||||
| F. | 80 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 41 | ||||||||
| 16. Heart disease | M. | 466 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 77 | 140 | 182 | |||
| F. | 595 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 76 | 162 | J04 | |
| 17. Aneurysm | M. | 16 | 2 | o | 4 | 3 | 5 | _ | |||||
| F. | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |