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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 1947
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1947
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1947.
| Area of the Borough in acres | 4,480 |
| Registrar-General's estimate of civilian population | 175,060 |
| Number of live births | 4,278 |
| Birth rate | 24.4 |
| Number of deaths | 2,336 |
| Death rate | 13.3 |
| Infantile Mortality- | |
| Deaths under 1 year | 167 |
| Infantile deaths per 1,000 births (live) | 39 |
| Maternal Mortality- | |
| Deaths of women from diseases or accidents associated with childbirth | 5 |
| Maternal death rate (per 1,000 total births) | 1.1 |
| Deaths from phthisis | 119 |
| Phthisis death rate | 0.6 |
| Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis | 135 |
| Tuberculosis death rate | 0.7 |
DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1947
| Causes of death | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M | 1220 | 94 | 17 | 12 | 101 | 328 | 668 |
| F | 1116 | 73 | 7 | 7 | 93 | 195 | 741 | |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | M | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| F | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Scarlet fever | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping cough | M | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M | 76 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 31 | 10 |
| F | 43 | – | – | – | 32 | 8 | 3 | |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | M | 9 | – | 4 | 5 | – | – | – |
| F | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Syphilitic diseases | M | 10 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Influenza | M | 11 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 4 |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | |
| Measles | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute Polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | M | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| F | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Acute inf: enceph. | M | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Cancer of buc: cav: & oesoph:(M) uterus (F) | M | 17 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 11 |
| F | 19 | – | – | – | 1 | 11 | 7 | |
| Cancer of stomach & duodenum | M | 29 | – | – | – | 1 | 18 | 10 |
| F | 29 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 21 | |
| Cancer of breast | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 31 | – | – | – | 5 | 10 | 16 | |
| Cancer of all other sites | M | 166 | – | – | – | 17 | 74 | 75 |
| F | 99 | – | – | 1 | 6 | 40 | 52 | |
| Diabetes | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| F | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Intracranial vascular lesions | M | 90 | – | – | – | 1 | 21 | 68 |
| F | 132 | – | – | – | 4 | 20 | 108 |