[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell. page XXX

Camberwell 1903

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Table: TABLE IV.—Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year 1903.

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TABLE IV.—Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year 1903.

Cause of Death. 1		Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.							Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages.)
Cause of Death. 1		Under 1. 3	All Ages. 2	1 and under 5 4	5 and under 15. 5	25 and under 65. 7	15 and under 25. 6	65 and upwards. 8	Dulwich. 9	Camber well. 10	Peckham. 11	St. George's. 12	Locality unknown. 13	Deaths in Institutions. 14
Smallpox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles		75	18	54	2	1	..	I	..	13	21	41	..	6
Scarlet Fever		11	1	8	2	1	..	..	..	4	2	5	..	10
Hooping-cough		68	27	39	2	..	..	..	..	23	28	17	..	3
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup		36	2	20	13	..	1	..	3	10	15	8	..	25
Croup		1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..
Fever	Typhus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Enteric	18	..	1	..	2	15	..	2	10	2	4	..	3
	Other continued	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Epidemic Influenza		30	3	2	2	2	10	11	2	12	9	7	..	..
Cholera		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Plague		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diarrhæa		110	83	16	1	1	2	7	1	36	35	38	..	12
Enteritis		41	28	7	1	1	1	3	..	15	11	15	..	4
Puerperal Fever		2	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	2	..	..
Erysipelas		6	1	..	..	..	4	1	..	4	1	1	..	3
Other Septic Diseases		51	9	3	7	8	16	8	..	23	14	10	4	33
Phthisis		319	3	6	6	41	251	12	7	73	120	111	8	117
Other Tuberculous Diseases		158	51	49	19	10	28	1	2	49	56	48	3	44
Cancer, Malignant Disease		215	..	..	2	1	143	69	9	77	69	49	11	84
Bronchitis		285	73	38	..	2	75	97	2	87	99	90	7	34
Pneumonia		284	75	79	16	3	81	30	3	92	93	86	10	68
Pleurisy		8	..	1	..	1	6	..	..	4	2	2	..	..
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs		31	12	6	..	1	8	4	1	8	14	7	1	2
Alcoholism		54	..	..	..	..	47	7	2	15	26	9	2	21
Cirrhosis of Liver		54	..	..	..	..	47	7	2	15	26	9	2	21
Venereal Diseases		12	10	..	..	..	2	..	..	5	5	2	..	5
Premature Birth		116	114	2	..	..	..	..	5	42	32	34	3	9
Diseases and accident of Parturition		25	4	1	..	4	16	..	..	6	12	7	..	6
Heart Diseases		268	3	2	13	20	149	81	8	94	103	56	7	70
Accidents		103	27	12	6	4	39	15	2	25	32	36	8	45
Suicides		26	..	..	..	10	14	2	4	6	5	7	4	10
Mental Disease		14	..	..	..	2	7	5	1	4	3	3	3	12
Old Age		275	..	..	..	..	2	273	6	86	105	58	20	103
Defective Vitality		178	165	13	..	..	..	..	1	45	75	55	2	35
Granular Kidney		67	..	..	..	2	57	8	2	22	23	18	2	39
Convulsions		100	81	10	4	..	4	1	..	29	36	35	..	1
All other causes		642	110	39	17	19	274	183	18	236	230	130	28	223
All causes		3629	901	408	113	135	1254	818	81	1155	1278	992	123	1027*

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* This number refers to the deaths of parishioners and excludes 741 deaths of nonresidents
who were inmates of St. Saviour's Infirmary.

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Camberwell 1903

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Table: TABLE IV.—Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year 1903.

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