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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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100 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1929.
CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE METROPOLITAN
BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH, 1929.
(Compiled by the Registrar-General).
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15 | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES | M. | 2214 | 159 | 42 | 29 | 51 | 89 | 249 | 669 | 493 | 433 |
| F. | 2383 | 128 | 36 | 36 | 84 | 561 | 504 | ||||
| 1. Enteric Fever | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| 2. Small-pox | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 3. Measles | M. | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 4. Scarlet Fever | M. | 3 | _ | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | 5 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 5. Whooping Cough | M. | 30 | 13 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| F. | 33 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 6. Diphtheria | M. | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| F. | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |||
| 7. Influenza | M. | 112 | 1 | – | 3 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 24 | 23 | |
| F. | 136 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 33 | 47 | ||||
| 8. Encephalitis Lethargica. | M. | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 9. Meningococcal Meningitis. | M. | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||
| F. | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | ||
| 10. Tuberculosis of respiratory system. | M. | 189 | – | – | 4 | 37 | 80 | 58 | 7 | 1 | |
| F. | 124 | 1 | 2 | – | 40 | 52 | 23 | 2 | |||
| 11. Other Tuberculous Diseases. | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| F. | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | – | – | |||
| 12. Cancer, Malignant Disease. | M. | 238 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 21 | 110 | 68 | 36 |
| F. | – | – | – | 1 | – | 24 | 132 | 69 | 56 | ||
| 13. Rheumatic Fever | M. | 4 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | ||
| 14. Diabetes | M. | 10 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | ||
| F. | 25 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 9 | 7 | |||
| 15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | M. | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 23 | 20 | |
| F. | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 29 | 37 | 48 | |
| 16. Heart Disease | 503 | – | – | – | 1 | 139 | 167 | 166 | |||
| F. | 552 | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | 16 | 95 | 138 | 292 | |
| 17. Arterio-sclerosis | M. | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 12 | ||
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 25 |