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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 1970
[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 1970
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bacillary dysentery and amoebiasis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis and other diarrhoeal diseases | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Other tuberculosis, including late effects.. | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphthrtia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Streptococcal sore throat and scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis-. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | — | _ | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus and other rickettsioses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Syphilis and its sequelae | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| All other infective and parasitic diseases | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Malignant neoplasm, Buccal cavity, and pharynx | 12 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| „ ,, Oesophagus | 15 | 7 | 8 | — | —— | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| ,, ,, Stomach | 65 | 36 | 29 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 23 |
| „ „ Intestine | 110 | 39 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 52 | 30 | 43 | 37 |
| „ „ Larynx | 2 | 2 | — | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | — | — | 1 | — | ] | _ | 2 | — |
| „ Lung, bronchus | 259 | 209 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 17 | 67 | 108 | 64 | 89 | 85 | 85 |
| Breast | 87 | 1 | 86 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 24 | 34 |
| „ „ Uterus | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 |
| Prostate | 23 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| Leukaemia | 23 | 10 | 13 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 212 | 90 | 122 | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 47 | 60 | 52 | 70 | 68 | 74 |
| Benign and unspecified neoplasms | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 33 | 12 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
| Avitaminosis and other nutritional deficiency Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| diseases | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Anaemias | 12 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Other diseases of blood and blood-forming organs | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Mental disorders | 24 | 9 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Multiple Sclerosis | 19 | 8 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | — | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Carried forward | 973 | 489 | 484 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 93 | 213 | 296 | 311 | 308 | 329 | 336 |