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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6 Vital Statistics
Table III is the general mortality Table for the whole Borough
and shows the number of deaths from each cause divided into
-sxes, age groups and sub-districts.
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 vear. | 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 | 58 | 29 | 37 | 31 | 23 | ||||||||
Tuberculosis, Other | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
Syphilitic Disease | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
Diphtheria | |||||||||||||
Whooping Cough | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Meningococcal Infections | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Acute Poliomyelitis | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Measles | |||||||||||||
Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 10 | 4 | - | 2 | |||||||||
Malignant Neoplasms | 262 | 221 | 195 | 165 | |||||||||
Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||||
Diabetes | 30 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | |||||||
Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 399 | 4 | 66 | 329 | 87 | 99 | 91 | ||||||
Diseases of Heart | 1,296 | 610 | 686 | 39 | 288 | ||||||||
Other Circulatory Disease | 87 | 98 | 2 | 25 | 158 | 46 | 54 | 34 | |||||
Influenza | 13 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 11 | |||||||
Pneumonia | 132 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 93 | 31 | 41 | 24 | |||
Bronchitis | 259 | 162 | 97 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 201 | 69 | 79 | ||||
Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 20 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 44 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 34 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 10 | ||||
Gastritis, Enteritis, Diarrhoea | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | |||||
Nephritis and Nephrosis | 45 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Hyperplasia of Prostate | 37 | 37 | 4 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | |||||
Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Congenital Malformations | 37 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | |||||
Other Defined and Ill-defined Disease | 338 | 150 | 179 | 4 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 88 | |||||
Motor Vehicle Accidents | 29 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | |||
All other Accidents | 73 | 27 | 46 | 2 | 9 | 49 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 19 | |||
Suicide | 52 | - | 15 | 17 | 11 | 11 | |||||||
Homicide and Operations of War | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
All causes | 21 | 21 | 2,681 | 885 |