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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS
TABLE III. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH, DURING THE YEAR 1952
| 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 year | 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 | 82 | 56 | 26 | – | – | – | 26 | 36 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 12 |
| Tuberculosis, Other | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Syphilitic Disease | 15 | 8 | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Diptheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Meningococcal Infections | I | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – |
| Measles | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 805 | 414 | 391 | – | 2 | 3 | 41 | 273 | 486 | 226 | 216 | 207 | 156 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 22 | 8 | 14 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Diabetes | 30 | 9 | 21 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 446 | 170 | 276 | – | – | 1 | 7 | 86 | 352 | 112 | 119 | 112 | 103 |
| Diseases of Heart | 1,270 | 595 | 675 | – | – | – | 25 | 196 | 1,049 | 347 | 331 | 311 | 281 |
| Other Circulatory Disease | 234 | 110 | 124 | – | – | – | 5 | 43 | 186 | 58 | 57 | 67 | 52 |
| Influenza | 26 | 13 | 13 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 180 | 83 | 97 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 125 | 45 | 49 | 58 | 28 |
| Bronchitis | 365 | 224 | 141 | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | 75 | 282 | 79 | 104 | 95 | 87 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 32 | 17 | 15 | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 52 | 30 | 22 | – | – | – | 2 | 18 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| Gastritis, Enteritis, Diarrhoea | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 50 | 19 | 31 | – | – | 1 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 15 |
| Hyperplasia of Prostrate | 44 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 40 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 7 |
| Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – |
| Congenital Malformations | 39 | 14 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
| Other Defined and Ill-defined Disease | 315 | 138 | 177 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 73 | 165 | 76 | 82 | 86 | 71 |
| Motor Vehicle Accidents | 16 | 9 | 7 | – | – | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| All other Accidents | 63 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 7 |
| Suicide | 34 | 20 | 14 | – | – | – | 5 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| Homicide and Operations of War | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| All Causes | 4,165 | 2,036 | 2,129 | 89 | 24 | 24 | 193 | 923 | 2,912 | 1,092 | 1,098 | 1,088 | 887 |