Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE SHOWING CLASSIFIED CAUSES OF DEATHS IN AGE GROUPS IN CAMBERWELL DURING 1960
Causes of death | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | M. | 959 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 310 | 253 | 303 |
F. | 943 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 175 | 217 | 462 | |
Tuberculosis, respiratory | M. | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 3 |
F. | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | |
Tuberculosis,other | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | |
Syphilitic disease | M. | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 |
F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
Diphtheria | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Whooping Cough | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Meningococcal infections | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Acute poliomyelitis | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Other infective and parasitic diseases | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M. | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 10 | 7 |
F. | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 16 | |
Malignant neoplasm,lung, bronchus | M. | 95 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 56 | 26 | 11 |
F. | 25 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | |
Malignant neoplasm, breast | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | 24 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 15 | 2 | 3 | |
Malignant neoplasm,uterus Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | F. | 17 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
M. | 105 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 28 | |
F. | 85 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 20 | 28 | 29 | |
Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M. | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | 2 |
F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
Diabetes | M. | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 |
F. | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | M. | 95 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 19 | 28 | 43 |
F. | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 30 | 65 | |
Coronary disease, angina | M. | 188 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 75 | 49 | 58 |
F. | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 50 | 76 | |
Hypertension with heart disease | M. | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 16 |
F. | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 25 | |
Other heart diseases | M. | 59 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 12 | 15 | 30 |
F. | 123 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 18 | 18 | 84 | |
Other circulatory disease | M. | 39 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 11 | 14 |
F. | 58 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 19 | 31 | |
Influenza | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |
Pneumonia | M. | 39 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 7 | 15 | 15 |
F. | 60 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 6 | 7 | 41 |