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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE I.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1926.
| 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 | 48 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 54 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | – | — | — | 1 | – | – |
| Influenza | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 22 | 15 | – |
| Erysipelas | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 251 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 28 | 74 | 65 | 65 | 7 | 119 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 12 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 14 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Cancer | 397 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 183 | 179 | 157 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| Meningitis | 12 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 8 |
| Organic Heart Disease | 351 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 91 | 223 | 115 |
| Bronchitis | 333 | 14 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 14 | 99 | 199 | 101 |
| Pneumonia (All forms) | 226 | 45 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 12 | 18 | 58 | 58 | 105 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 34 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 48 | 46 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 |
| Appendicitis and Typhilitis | 13 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Cirrhosis of the Liver | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| Alcoholism | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Nephritis, Bright's Disease | 108 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 11 | 4 | 37 | 50 | 63 |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 7 |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | – | – | 6 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 110 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 |
| Violent Deaths | 71 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 19 |
| Suicides | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 34 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 807 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 41 | 175 | 473 | 325 |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Total | 3,038 | 294 | 60 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 56 | 35 | 68 | 191 | 210 | 796 | 1,254 | 1,192 |