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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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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- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other circulatory diseases | M. | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 23 |
| F. | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 18 | |
| Bronchitis | M. | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 13 |
| F. | 35 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 11 | 16 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | M. | 73 | 8 | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 16 |
| F. | 57 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 21 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | M. | 10 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – |
| F. | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | |
| Peptic Ulcer | M. | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Diarrhoea, etc. | M. | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | 11 | 8 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |
| Appendicitis | M. | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Cirrhosis of liver | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | |
| Other diseases of liver etc. | M. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Other digestive diseases | M. | 19 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| F. | 26 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | |
| Acute & chronic nephritis | M. | 21 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| F. | 27 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| Puerperal sepsis Other Puerperal causes | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Congenital debility, premature birth, malformation etc. | M. | 34 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 27 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Senility | M. | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 20 |
| F. | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 46 | |
| Suicide | M. | 19 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| F. | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | |
| Other violence | M. | 65 | 2 | 1 | – | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| F. | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Other defined diseases | M. | 73 | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 18 |
| F. | 72 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 19 | |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED.
| No. of cases notified. | Treated in Hospital | Found to be not suffering from the disease. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria and Croup | 212 | 212 | 33 |
| Scarlet Fever | 343 | 295 | 27 |
| Measles | 29 | 7 | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 571 | 132 | 6 |
| Enteric Fever & Para-typhoid | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| (Acute Influenzal | 51 | 22 | – |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary | 104 | 75 | – |
| Erysipelas | 71 | 35 | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 9 | 9 | – |
| Poliomyelitis | 17 | 15 | 5 |
| Polio-Encephalitis | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Anthrax | 2 | 2 | – |
| Dysentery | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 7 | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | 5 | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 32 | 29 | – |
| Totals | 1,469 | 858 | 80 |