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Wandsworth 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1961
TABLE III. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1961
| 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 | 25 | 20 | 5 | -_ | - | - | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Tuberculosis, Other | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -_ | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Syphilitic Disease | 17 | 9 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | -_ | -_ | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | -_ | 1 | -_ | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | -_ | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 9 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 85 | 36 | 49 | - | - | - | 1 | 24 | 64 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 19 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | 234 | 189 | 45 | - | - | - | 6 | 104 | 124 | 62 | 73 | 57 | 42 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | 76 | - | 76 | - | - | - | 5 | 24 | 47 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 16 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | 41 | - | 41 | - | - | - | 8 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 |
| Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | 420 | 214 | 206 | -_ | - | 2 | 32 | 126 | 260 | 100 | 104 | 122 | 94 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Diabetes | 28 | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 |
| Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 521 | 187 | 334 | - | 1 | - | 11 | 82 | 427 | 140 | 176 | 110 | 95 |
| Coronary Disease, Agina | 783 | 439 | 344 | - | - | - | 10 | 196 | 577 | 235 | 220 | 168 | 160 |
| Hypertension, with Heart Disease | 64 | 18 | 46 | - | -_ | - | - | 11 | 53 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 8 |
| Other Heart Disease | 855 | 310 | 545 | - | - | - | 14 | 68 | 773 | 135 | 518 | 95 | 107 |
| Other Circulatory Disease | 251 | 102 | 149 | - | - | - | 5 | 38 | 208 | 64 | 80 | 65 | 42 |
| Influenza | 41 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 7 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 325 | 130 | 195 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 270 | 55 | 155 | 75 | 40 |
| Bronchitis | 260 | 182 | 78 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 56 | 196 | 60 | 85 | 60 | 55 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 27 | 17 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 5 |
| Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 41 | 23 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 6 | |
| Gastritis, Enteritis, Diarrhoea | 23 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 24 | 13 | 11 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | -_ | 2 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Congenital Malformations | 32 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| Other Defined and Ill-defined Disease | 462 | 166 | 296 | 72 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 62 | 305 | 250 | 90 | 40 | |
| Motor Vehicle Accidents | 50 | 35 | 15 | - | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 11 |
| All Other Accidents | 73 | 34 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 18 |
| Suicide | 46 | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | 16 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
| Homicide and Operations of War | 2 | 2 | - | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| All Causes | 4,871 | 2,242 | 2,629 | 121 | 22 | 18 | 190 | 940 | 3,580 | 1,114 | 1,889 | 1,035 | 833 |