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Camberwell 1945
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1945
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
FOR THE YEAR 1945.
Area of the Borough in acres 4,480
Registrar Generalls estimate of civilian population 135,460
Number of live births 2,646
Birth rate 19.5
Number of deaths 1,968
Death rate 14.5
Infantile Mortality-
Deaths under 1 year 91
Infantile deaths per 1,000 births (live) 34
Maternal Mortality-
Deaths of women from diseases or
accidents associated with childbirth 6
Maternal death rate (per 1,000 total births) 2.21
Deaths from phthisis 118
Phthisis death rate 0.8
Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis 126
Tuberculosis death rate 0.9
DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1945.
| Causes of Death | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M | 1027 | 61 | 12 | 7 | 86 | 298 | 563 |
| F | 941 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 103 | 215 | 575 | |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Scarlet fever | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M | 65 | – | – | – | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| F | 53 | – | – | – | 39 | 9 | 5 | |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | M | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| F | 4 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Syphilitic diseases | M | 4 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |
| Influenza | M | 6 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 |
| F | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Measles | M | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute Polio-myelitis and polio—encephalitis | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ac: inf: enceph: | M | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Cancer of buo: cav: & oesoph:(M) uterus (F) | M | 19 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 15 |
| F | 15 | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 7 | |
| Cancer of stomach & duodenum | M | 30 | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 16 |
| F | 20 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 14 | |
| Cancer of breast | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| F | 20 | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Cancer of all other sites | M | 120 | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | 48 | 61 |
| F | 83 | – | – | 1 | 6 | 33 | 43 | |
| Diabetes | M | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Intracranial vasoular lesions | M | 77 | – | – | – | 1 | 24 | 52 |
| F | 87 | – | – | – | 1 | 22 | 64 |