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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
Camberwell 1922
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922
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TABLE No. 1—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATHS DURING YEAR 1922.
| Causes of Deaths. | All ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and up. | Total Deaths whether residents or non-residents in Institutions in the Borough. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteric Fever | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 84 | 36 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 29 |
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 80 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 43 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 63 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Influenza | 158 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 41 | 41 | 67 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 282 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 21 | 98 | 76 | 17 | 94 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 28 | 7 | 6 | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| Cancer | 326 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 150 | 142 | 124 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Meningitis | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 |
| Organic Heart Disease | 367 | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 112 | 181 | 94 |
| Bronchitis | 417 | 38 | 5 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 6 | 8 | 90 | 266 | 109 |
| Pneumonia, all forms | 434 | 107 | 70 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 70 | 89 | 139 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 26 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 41 | 31 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Appendicitis, Typhlitis | 14 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| Alcoholism | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Nephritis, Bright's Disease | 93 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 38 |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | 6 |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition ... | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | – | – | 4 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 124 | 123 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 |
| Violent Deaths | 57 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 5 | 7 | – | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 17 |
| Suicides | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Other defined Diseases | 883 | 71 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 72 | 178 | 512 | 312 |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 3,635 | 454 | 185 | 83 | 48 | 44 | 68 | 68 | 126 | 115 | 296 | 813 | 1,335 | 1,174 |