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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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There is also to be recorded an increase in the number of deaths
from malignant disease, viz., 451 as compared with 396 in 1932.
The deaths from the principal diseases of the respiratory system,
pneumonia and bronchitis, accounted for 300, a decrease of 48.
Included in the deaths from infectious diseases were: —
Diphtheria 20, scarlet fever 6, cerebro-spinal fever 4, encephalitis
lethargica 5, measles 4, and whooping-cough 20. There were no
deaths registered from typhoid and paratyphoid fevers.
A table providing details of all deaths registered, after
correction for inward and outward transfers, appears in the following
table:—
DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1933.
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 1,486 | 90 | 26 | 22 | 36 | 63 | 80 | 100 | 165 | 249 | 384 | 27l |
| F. | 1,519 | 70 | 13 | 14 | 26 | 61 | 64 | 78 | 127 | 208 | 363 | 495 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | M. | 5 | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | 11 | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 9 | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Influenza | M. | 44 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| F. | 54 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |
| Encephalitis lethargica | M. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | M. | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 132 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 36 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 8 | – |
| F. | 91 | – | – | – | 1 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Other tuberculous diseases | M. | 13 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – |
| F. | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Syphilis | M. | 9 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – |
| F. | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M. | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 3 | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | M. | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 34 | 57 | 74 | 35 |
| F. | 240 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 62 | 72 | 50 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 |
| F. | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | |
| Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | M. | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 11 | 24 | 14 |
| F. | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 25 | 23 | |
| Heart disease | M. | 332 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 61 | 120 | 104 |
| F. | 457 | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 58 | 137 | 206 | |
| Aneurysm | M. | 16 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other circulatory diseases | M. | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 16 | 11 |
| F | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 15 | 21 | |
| Bronchitis | M. | 65 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 |
| F. | 67 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 41 |