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 IV.—Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year 1902.
| Cause of Death. 1 | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages.) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. 2 | Under 1. 3 | 1 and under 5 4 | 5 and under 15. 5 | 15 and under 25. 6 | 25 and under 65. 7 | 65 and upwards. 8 | Dulwich. 9 | Camberwell. 10 | Peckham. 11 | St. George's. 12 | Locality unknown. 13 | Deaths in Public Institutions. 14 | ||
| Smallpox | 60 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 2 | .. | 17 | 20 | 23 | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 109 | 32 | 74 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 20 | 52 | 35 | 1 | 8 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 44 | .. | 27 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | |
| Hooping-cough | 97 | 46 | 50 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 28 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 8 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 77 | 3 | 50 | 24 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | 38 | 29 | .. | 2 | |
| Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 29 | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | .. | 4 | |
| other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | .. | 10 | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | 132 | 98 | 27 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 57 | 49 | 1 | 21 | |
| Enteritis | 40 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 13 | 15 | 12 | .. | 2 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | 4 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 46 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | .. | 17 | 13 | 16 | .. | 28 | |
| Phthisis | 382 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 297 | 16 | 6 | 119 | 124 | 120 | 13 | 337 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 165 | 44 | 61 | 22 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 61 | 47 | 2 | 30 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 245 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 156 | 84 | 18 | 77 | 91 | 57 | 2 | 111 | |
| Bronchitis | 398 | 111 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 97 | 143 | 1 | 113 | 156 | 121 | 7 | 142 | |
| Pneumonia | 341 | 98 | 88 | 11 | 10 | 105 | 29 | 5 | 106 | 108 | 116 | 6 | 95 | |
| Pleurisy | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 43 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 16 | .. | 2 | |
| Alcoholism | 50 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | 4 | .. | 8 | 9 | 3 | .. | 9 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 13 | 6 | 11 | .. | 10 | |||||||||
| Venereal Diseases | 14 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Premature Birth | 128 | 128 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 44 | 44 | 35 | .. | 2 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 15 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | .. | 1 | |
| Heart Diseases | 314 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 172 | 90 | 6 | 93 | 115 | 81 | 19 | 111 | |
| Accidents | 112 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 15 | 1 | 32 | 46 | 32 | 1 | 20 | |
| Suicides | 30 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | .. | 7 | |
| Mental Disease | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 47 | |
| Old Age | 259 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 258 | 5 | 79 | 100 | 53 | 22 | 102 | |
| Defective Vitality | 152 | 144 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 45 | 64 | 38 | 3 | 21 | |
| Granular Kidney | 78 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 55 | 21 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 123 | |
| Convulsions | 80 | 80 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 26 | 27 | .. | 4 | |
| All other causes | 727 | 144 | 46 | 35 | 45 | 274 | 183 | 18 | 230 | 274 | 188 | 17 | 215 | |
| All causes | 4272 | 1035 | 539 | 176 | 188 | 1450 | 884 | 88 | 1283 | 1568 | 1224 | 109 | 1486 | |