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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 1939
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1939
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
FOR THE YEAR 1939
1.
Area of the Borough in acres ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,480
Population (estimated resident population) -
for birth rate ... ... ... ... ... ... 219,500
for death rate ... ... ... ... ... ... 208,500
Population (Census 1931) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 251,294
Number of live births -
for birth rate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,040
for infant & maternal mortality rates ... ... 2,926
Birth rate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13,85
Number of deaths ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,592
Death rate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12.43
Infantile Mortality:-
Deaths under 1 year ... ... ... ... ... ... 108
Infantile deaths per 1,000 births ... ... ... 36
Maternal Mortality:-
Deaths of women from diseases or
accidents associated with childbirth ... ... 6
(per 1,000 live births ... 2.05
Maternal death rate (per 1,000 births ... 2.04
Deaths from phthisis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 145
Phthisis death rate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.69
Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis... ... ... ... ... 165
Tuberculosis death rate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.79
DEATH, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1939
| Causes of Death | Sex | All Ages | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 1,292 | 57 | 6 | 12 | 2l | 35 | 39 | 59 | 141 | 188 | 324 | 336 |
| F. | 1,300 | 51 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 35 | 61 | 93 | 262 | 307 | 500 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | M. | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | 5 | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 3 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Influenza | M. | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| F. | 24 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
| Encephalitis lethargica | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | M. | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 90 | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 8 | – |
| F. | 55 | 1 | – | – | – | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
| Other tuberculous diseases | M. | 11 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| F. | 9 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Syphilis | M. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – |
| F. | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M. | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | M. | 179 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 59 | 59 | 25 |
| F. | 191 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 51 | 53 | 39 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| F. | 23 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | M. | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 21 |
| F. | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 38 | |
| Heart disease | M. | 403 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 68 | 119 | 165 |
| F. | 457 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 44 | 123 | 249 | |
| Aneurysm | M. | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| F. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 |