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Wandsworth 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1969
| CAUSES OF DEATH | Deaths assigned to Borough in age groups | Deaths shown in localities (all ages) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Males | Females | Under 1 year | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 upwards | ||||
| Putney | Central | Battersea | ||||||||||||||
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bacillary dysentery and amoebiasis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis and other diarrhoeal diseases | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | _— | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 7 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Other tuberculosis, including late effects | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | ||||
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Streptococcal sore throat and scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Small pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus and other rickettsioses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mataria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis and its sequelae | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | _— | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| All other infective and parasitic diseases | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasm, Buccal cavity, etc, | 8 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| „ ,, Oesophagus | 22 | 13 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| „ „ Stomach | 77 | 48 | 29 | — | — | — | 1 | —_ | —_ | 5 | 14 | 24 | 33 | 24 | 27 | 26 |
| „ „ Intestine | 102 | 40 | 62 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 48 | 30 | 29 | 43 |
| „ „ Larynx | 7 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| „ „ Lung, bronchus | 267 | 212 | 55 | _— | — | —_ | —_ | 1 | 4 | 28 | 91 | 87 | 56 | 82 | 94 | 91 |
| „ „ Breast | 77 | 1 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 22 |
| „ „ Uterus | 25 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| „ „ Prostate | 19 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Leukaemia | 19 | 10 | 9 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 204 | 102 | 102 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 62 | 54 | 62 | 74 | 68 |
| Benign and unspecified neoplasms | 12 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 31 | 10 | 21 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Avitaminosis and other nutritional deficiency | 1 | — | 1 | —_ | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | _— | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Anaemias | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Other diseases of blood and blood-forming organs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mental disorders | 28 | 10 | 18 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Carried forward | 959 | 517 | 442 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 97 | 244 | 262 | 295 | 294 | 326 | 339 |