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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE No. I.-CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1924.
| Cause 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. | Deaths of Camberwell residents in Institutions in the Borough. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteric Fever | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Small-Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 72 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 32 |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 22 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 42 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Influenza | 46 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 25 | – |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 268 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 21 | 100 | 54 | 76 | 9 | 86 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 18 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 7 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Cancer | 377 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | 29 | 181 | 158 | 137 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Meningitis | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 7 |
| Organic Heart Disease | 312 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 108 | 155 | 96 |
| Bronchitis | 313 | 25 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 64 | 212 | 78 |
| Pneumonia (All forms) | 291 | 64 | 42 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 57 | 56 | 90 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 41 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 48 | 44 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 |
| Appendicitis and Typhilitis | 22 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Cirrhosis of the Liver | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| Alcoholism | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 |
| Nephritis, Bright's Disease | 65 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | 26 | 30 | 16 |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 3 | – | – | 8 |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | 1 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 140 | 138 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 |
| Violent Deaths | 78 | 4 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 20 |
| Suicides | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 867 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 43 | 177 | 516 | 240 |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Total | 3,146 | 361 | 128 | 54 | 36 | 25 | 45 | 44 | 56 | 205 | 215 | 774 | 1,203 | 916 |