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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 1945
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1945
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DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1945.
| Causes of Death | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart disease | M | 248 | – | – | – | 8 | 54 | 186 |
| F | 292 | – | – | – | 12 | 41 | 239 | |
| Other Dis: of circ : system | M | 35 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 27 |
| F | 45 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 36 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 97 | 3 | – | – | 4 | 33 | 57 |
| F | 55 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 11 | 38 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 68 | 8 | 3 | – | 2 | 17 | 38 |
| F | 41 | 9 | – | – | 2 | 7 | 23 | |
| Other resp: diseases | M | 10 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| F | 12 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | M | 25 | – | – | – | 4 | 12 | 3 |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Diarrhoea under 2 years | M | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Appendicitis | M | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| F | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Other digestive diseases | M | 14 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| F | 32 | – | – | – | 4 | 13 | 15 | |
| Nephritis | M | 12 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| F | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Puer: and post-abort: sepsis Other maternal causes | F | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |
| Premature birth | M | 13 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Con: Mal: birth inj: infant dis: | M | 22 | 21 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F | 10 | 7 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | |
| Suicide | M | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | |
| Road traffic acc: | M | 14 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| F | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Other violent causes | M | 36 | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 |
| F | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |
| All other causes | M | 77 | – | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 49 |
| F | 64 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 39 |
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
NOTIFICATIONS.
The number of notifications (2363) during the year was made up as follows:-
| Diphtheria and Croup | 54 | |
| Scarlet fever | 141 | |
| Measles | 1119 | |
| Whooping Cough | 140 | |
| Enterie fever & Paratyphoid | 3 | |
| Pneumonia | (Acute Influenzal | 12 |
| (Acute Primary | 68 | |
| Erysipelas | 25 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 10 | |
| Malaria | 2 | |
| Dysentery | 30 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | |
| Puerperal fever | 8 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 20 | |
| Scabies | 716 | |
| Polio-Myelitis | 1 | |
| smallbox | 4 | |
| Total. | 2363 | |
In forty-three (43) instances it was found that the patient was not
suffering from the disease notified.