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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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9
Deaths.
Deaths registered during the year, adjusted for inward and
outward transfers, are shown in the following table:—
DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1949.
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 1,110 | 55 | 12 | 11 | 80 | 310 | 642 |
| F. | 1,025 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 70 | 184 | 738 | |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | M. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Scarlet fever | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping cough | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 52 | – | – | – | 16 | 25 | 11 |
| F. | 27 | – | – | – | 18 | 5 | 4 | |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | M. | 8 | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | – |
| F. | 7 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | |
| Syphilitic diseases | M. | 8 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Influenza | M. | 9 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 4 |
| F. | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute poliomyelitis and polio-encephalitis | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Acute infantile encephalitis | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cancer of buc. cav. and œsoph. (M.), uterus (F.) | M. | 17 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 14 |
| F. | 20 | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | 9 | |
| Cancer of stomach and duodenum | M. | 32 | – | – | – | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| F. | 24 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| Cancer of breast | M. | – | – | – | – | – | — | – |
| F. | 40 | – | – | – | 2 | 19 | 19 | |
| Cancer of all other sites | M. | 153 | – | 3 | – | 10 | 55 | 85 |
| F. | 86 | – | – | 1 | 6 | 26 | 53 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 |
| F. | 6 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | |
| Intracranial vascular lesions | M. | 74 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 18 | 54 |
| F. | 137 | – | – | – | 1 | 20 | 116 | |
| Heart disease | M. | 271 | – | – | – | 12 | 55 | 203 |
| F. | 316 | – | – | 1 | 8 | 32 | 276 | |
| Other diseases of circulatory system | M. | 46 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 39 |
| F. | 52 | – | – | – | 10 | 42 | ||
| Bronchitis | M. | 122 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 41 | 77 |
| F. | 73 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 8 | 61 | |
| Pneumonia | M. | 54 | 6 | 1 | – | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| F. | 49 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | 36 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | M. | 19 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 9 |
| F. | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 5 |