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12 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1960
CAUSES OF DEATH
DEATHS IN OR BELONGING TO WHOLE DISTRICT AT
SUBJOINED AGES
DEATHS IN OR BELONGING TO
LOCALITIES (ALL AGES)
Table 111 is the general mortality Table for the whole Borough
and shows the number of deaths from each cause divided into
sexes, age-groups and sub-districts.
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
TABLE III
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1960
Tuberculosis, Respiratory
27
20
7
—
—
—
3
12
12
8
7
10
2
Tuberculosis, Other
7
3
4
—
1
—
1
2
3
—
3
2
2
Syphilitic Disease
12
7
5
—
—
—
—
2
10
4
4
3
1
Diphtheria
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Whooping Infections
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Meningococcal Infections
1
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
Acute Poliomyelitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Measles
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases
15
9
6
—
1
1
3
4
6
3
5
5
2
Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach
99
51
48
—
—
—
1
28
70
24
33
30
12
Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus
237
195
42
—
—
—
6
112
119
72
72
54
39
Malignant Neoplasm, Breast
103
1
102
—
—
—
8
50
45
29
23
36
15
Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus
39
—
39
—
—
—
4
14
21
7
9
13
10
Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms
474
248
226
1
1
4
21
142
305
108
115
161
90
Leukaemia, Aleukaemia
23
14
9
—_
1
2
2
5
13
8
2
7
6
Diabetes
22
8
14
—
—
—
—
6
16
4
6
9
3
Vascular Lesions of Nervous System
506
173
333
—
—
—
7
66
433
135
174
100
97
Coronary Disease, Agina
769
445
324
—
—
—
14
178
577
207
204
173
185
Hypertension, with Heart Disease
64
23
41
—
—
—
—
5
59
10
29
16
9
Other Heart Disease
941
350
591
—
—
—
11
44
886
184
479
150
128
Other Circulatory Disease
276
122
154
—
—
1
5
44
226
77
95
58
46
Influenza
4
1
3
—
—
—
1
1
2
—
3
—
1
Pneumonia
301
129
172
21
4
—
5
23
248
60
147
48
46
Bronchitis
211
141
70
1
—
1
1
35
173
59
49
59
44
Other Diseases of Respiratory System
58
38
20
1
1
2
—
14
40
18
14
16
10
Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum
39
21
18
—
—
—
1
4
34
10
10
12
7
Gastritis, Enteritis, Diarrhœa
27
12
15
—
2
1
1
7
16
6
11
5
5
Nephritis and Nephrosis
30
20
10
—
—
1
7
11
11
7
12
5
6
Hyperplasia of Prostate
24
24
—
—
—
—
—
1
23
4
6
8
6
Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion
1
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
Congenital Malformations
41
13
28
25
3
3
4
2
4
8
8
13
12
Other Defined and Ill-defined Disease
466
149
317
70
3
1
21
57
314
102
245
72
47
Motor Vehicle Accidents
55
43
12
—
1
3
24
13
14
18
17
9
11
All Other Accidents
65
29
36
6
1
3
9
12
34
17
29
12
7
Suicide
51
29
22
—
—
16
24
11
17
11
14
9
Homicide and Operations of War
3
1
2
—
—
—
1
1
1
1
1
1
—
All Causes
4,991
2,319
2,672
126
19
23
178
919
3,726
1,207
1,824
1,102
858