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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 1925
[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 1925.
| 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Small-Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 15 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 39 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 40 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 22 | – | – |
| Influenza | 41 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 28 | 103 | 44 | 64 | 12 | 93 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 7 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 26 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Cancer | 350 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | 35 | 179 | 127 | 137 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Meningitis | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 5 |
| Organic Heart Disease | 333 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 90 | 205 | 101 |
| Bronchitis | 324 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 76 | 210 | 102 |
| Pneumonia (All forms) | 297 | 56 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 77 | 77 | 115 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 41 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 31 | 28 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| Appendicitis and Typhilitis | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| Cirrhosis of the Liver | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| Alcoholism | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nephritis, Bright's Disease | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 38 | 46 |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | – | 5 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 130 | 129 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 |
| Violent Deaths | 82 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Suicides | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 813 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 30 | 172 | 495 | 302 |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| Total | 3,065 | 316 | 67 | 36 | 31 | 19 | 59 | 31 | 71 | 214 | 197 | 792 | 1,232 | 1,055 |