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Camberwell 1944
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1944
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DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1944
| Causes of Death | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart disease | M. | 315 | – | – | – | 10 | 57 | 248 |
| F. | 313 | – | – | – | 14 | 35 | 264 | |
| Other Dis: of circ: system | M. | 29 | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| F. | 30 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 21 | |
| Bronchitis | M. | 114 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 45 | 63 |
| F. | 54 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 49 | |
| Pneumonia | M. | 67 | 8 | – | 2 | 3 | 19 | 35 |
| F. | 45 | 6 | 2 | – | 3 | 10 | 24 | |
| Other resp: diseases | M. | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| F. | 9 | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | M. | 36 | – | – | – | 4 | 23 | 9 |
| F. | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Diarrhoea under 2 years | M. | 16 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 18 | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Appendicitis | M. | 8 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| F. | 5 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | |
| Other digestive diseases | M. | 20 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| F. | 24 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 7 | 12 | |
| Nephritis | M. | 17 | – | – | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| F. | 10 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Puer: and post-abort: sepsis | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |
| Other maternal causes | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |
| Premature birth | M. | 15 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 13 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Con: Mal: birth inj: infant dis: | M. | 21 | 17 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| F. | 10 | 7 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | |
| Suicide | M. | 10 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| F. | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | |
| Road Traffic acc: | M. | 9 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 |
| F. | 7 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Other violent causes | M. | 178 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 44 | 60 | 41 |
| F. | 227 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 87 | 60 | 54 | |
| All other causes | M. | 63 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 35 |
| F. | 57 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 28 |
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
NOTIFICATIONS.
The number of notifications during the year (1712) was made up as
follows:-
Diphtheria and Group ... ... ... 59
Scarlet Fever .. ... ... ... ... 192
Measles ... ... ... ... ... ... 304
Whooping Cough . ... ... ... ... 328
Enteric Fever & Para-typhoid ... 3
(Acute Influenzal . ... 16
Pneumonia (Acute Primary ... ... 68
Erysipelas . ... ... ... ... ... 45
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis .. ... 15
Malaria ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Dysentery .. ... ... ... ... ... 42
Ophthalmia Neonatorum .. ... ... 6
Puerperal Fever ... ... ... ... 6
Puerperal Pyrexia .. ... ... ... 10
Scabies ... ... ... ... ... ... 617
Total. 1712
In sixty instances it was found that the patient was not suffering
from the disease notified.
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