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Camberwell 1940
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1940
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1940.
| Area of the Borough in acres | 4,480 | |
| Population (estimated resident population) | 173,750 | |
| Population (Census 1931) | 251,294 | |
| Number of live births – | ||
| for birth rate | 2,767 | |
| for infant & maternal mortality rates | 2,529 | |
| Birth rate | 15.90 | |
| Number of deaths | 3,324 | |
| Death rate | 19.13 | |
| Infantile Mortality | ||
| Deaths under 1 year | 118 | |
| Infantile deaths per 1,000 births | 46 | |
| Maternal Mortality :- | ||
| Deaths of women from diseases or accidents associated with childbirth | 5 | |
| Maternal death rate | (per 1,000 live births | 1.81 |
| (per 1,000 total births | 1.77 | |
| Deaths from phthisis | 140 | |
| Phthisis death rate | 0.80 | |
| Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis | 150 | |
| Tuberculosis death rate | 0.86 | |
DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1940
| Causes of Death | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 1689 | 67 | 16 | 26 | 233 | 522 | 825 |
| F. | 1635 | 51 | 26 | 19 | 231 | 368 | 940 | |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | M. | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – |
| F. | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping cough | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 85 | – | – | – | 46 | 29 | 10 |
| F. | 55 | – | – | – | 43 | 7 | 5 | |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | M. | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| F. | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | |
| Syphilitic diseases | M. | 10 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 3 |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Influenza | M. | 11 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| F. | 11 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute Polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis. | M. | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ac: inf: enceph: | M. | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cancer of buc: cav: & oesoph:(M) uterus (F) | M. | 29 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 19 |
| F. | 19 | – | – | – | 5 | 9 | 5 | |
| Cancer of stomach & Duodenum | M. | 47 | – | – | – | 2 | 17 | 28 |
| F. | 28 | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 20 | |
| Cancer of breast | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 44 | – | – | – | 3 | 22 | 19 | |
| Cancer of all other sites | M. | 117 | – | – | – | 9 | 49 | 59 |
| F. | 92 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 31 | 58 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| F. | 12 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | |
| Intracranial vascular lesions | M. | 89 | – | – | – | – | 23 | 66 |
| F. | 111 | – | – | – | 3 | 30 | 78 |