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Battersea 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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The deaths of 902 residents of Battersea aged 65 years and
Upwards were registered during 1959. These 902 deaths constituted
67.9 per cent of the total deaths at all ages.
The natural increase of population (that is, excess of births over
deaths) was 702 in 1959 as compared with 631 in 1958.
The causes of the 1,328 deaths in 1959, classified in various age
groups, are shown in the following table.
Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life during 1959.
| Causes of Death | Sex | All Ages | 0— | 1— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75— |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ||||||||||
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other forms | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 4. Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5. Whooping cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6. Meningococcal infections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 7. Ac. Poliomyelitis and polio- encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 8. Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | — | — | ||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 10. Cancer of stomach | — | |||||||||
| — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 11. Cancer of lung, bronchus | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 12. Cancer of breast | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 13. Cancer of uterus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 14. Cancer of other sites | — | — | — | |||||||
| F. | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — |