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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1934—contd.
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronchitis | M. | 51 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 9 | 16 | 16 |
| F. | 68 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 17 | 39 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | M. | 112 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 12 |
| F. | 96 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 13 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | M. | 19 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | 5 |
| F. | 16 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| Peptic Ulcer | M. | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| F. | 14 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Diarrhoea, etc | M. | 27 | 21 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| F. | 17 | 14 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Appendicitis | M. | 14 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – |
| F. | 8 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | |
| Cirrhosis of liver | M. | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | – |
| F. | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other diseases of liver, etc. | M. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| F. | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Other digestive diseases | M. | 23 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| F. | 32 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |
| Acute & chronic nephritis | M. | 47 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 14 |
| F. | 48 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | |
| Puerperal sepsis | F. | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Puerperal causes ... | F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | M. | 50 | 49 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 34 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Senility | M. | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 31 |
| F. | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 44 | |
| Suicide | M. | 18 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | – |
| F. | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| Other Violence | M. | 54 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| F. | 29 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
| Other defined diseases | M. | 135 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 23 |
| F. | 96 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 21 | |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Maternal Mortality.
The number of Camberwell women who died from maternal
causes dining the year was 8, representing a maternal mortality
rate of 2.46 per 1,000 total live and still births.
The cause of death in 5 cases was due to puerperal sepsis representing
a mortality rate of 1.54, the remaining 3 deaths being due to
causes classified as other complications of pregnancy, producing
a mortality rate of 0.92.
For the purposes of comparison the maternal mortality rates
per 1,000 total births in Camberwell, London and England and
Wales for the last five years are as follows: —