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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 DEATHDeaths assigned to Borough in age groupsDeaths shown in localities (all ages)
All agesMalesFemalesUnder 1 year1-45-1415-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475 upwards
PutneyCentralBattersea
Cholera
Typhoid fever
Bacillary dysentery and amoebiasis
Enteritis and other diarrhoeal diseases431112_—121
Tuberculosis of respiratory system7611132232
Other tuberculosis, including late effects42211_2112
Plague_
Diphtheria
Whooping cough1111
Streptococcal sore throat and scarlet fever
Meningococcal infection111
Acute poliomyelitis
Small pox
Measles
Typhus and other rickettsioses
Mataria
Syphilis and its sequelae4221_—322
All other infective and parasitic diseases761111121232
Malignant neoplasm, Buccal cavity, etc,8531232224
„ ,, Oesophagus221392668589
„ „ Stomach7748291—_—_5142433242726
„ „ Intestine1024062136212348302943
„ „ Larynx7611411232
„ „ Lung, bronchus26721255_——_—_1428918756829491
„ „ Breast77176313261421262922
„ „ Uterus252534927979
„ „ Prostate191925124411
Leukaemia191091112356748
Other malignant neoplasms20410210231151321446254627468
Benign and unspecified neoplasms1266111513534
Diabetes mellitus31102112581511119
Avitaminosis and other nutritional deficiency11—_—_11
Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases17891_—21634548
Anaemias145911228374
Other diseases of blood and blood-forming organs
Mental disorders281018111426139910
Meningitis1111
Carried forward9595174425416133297244262295294326339