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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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DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR: 1947.
| Causes of death | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart disease | M | 303 | – | – | – | 15 | 65 | 223 |
| F | 326 | – | – | – | 10 | 30 | 286 | |
| Other Dis: of circ: system | M | 49 | – | – | – | 1 | 11 | 37 |
| F | 50 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 11 | 35 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 124 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 28 | 92 |
| F | 79 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 10 | 65 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 75 | 18 | 1 | – | – | 19 | 37 |
| F | 52 | 14 | 1 | – | 4 | 5 | 28 | |
| Other resp: diseases | M | 22 | – | 2 | – | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| F | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | M | 16 | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Diarrhoea under 2 years | M | 18 | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| F | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Appendicitis | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| F | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Other digestive diseases | M | 14 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| F | 27 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 7 | 17 | |
| Nephritis | M | 17 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| F | 13 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Puer: and post-abort: sepsis | F | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |
| Other maternal causes Premature birth | M | 18 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 15 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Con: Mal: birth inj: infant dis. | M | 30 | 26 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 23 | 21 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Suicide | M | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | |
| Road traffic acc. | M | 15 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| F | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | |
| Other violent causes | M | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| F | 20 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |
| All other causes | M | 77 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 49 |
| F | 89 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 55 |
The number of notifications (1972) during the year was made up as follows:-
| Diphtheria and Croup | 35 |
| Scarlet fever | 374 |
| Measles | 619 |
| Whooping cough | 389 |
| Pneumonia – Acute Influenzal | 39 |
| Acute Primary | 102 |
| Erysipelas | 43 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 12 |
| Malaria | 5 |
| Dysentery | 10 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 16 |
| Scabies | 242 |
| Poliomyelitis | 56 |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 |
| Total | 1,972 |
In sixty-nine (69) instances it was found that the patient was not
suffering from the disease notified.