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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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Infantile Diarrhoea and Enteritis.
The number of deaths from these causes in children under 2
years of age was 35 as compared with 33 in 1933. Of these 32 died in
hospital. There can be no doubt that many of these deaths could
be prevented by early medical treatment and nursing attention.
During the months of August and September last year, when the
weather was exceptionally warm, the number of deaths from
diarrhoea only numbered 6.
The total deaths are summarised in the following table showing the wards of the Borough in which they occurred and when they took place.
| Ward. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The West | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Addington | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Town Hall | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| St. George's | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cobourg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Marlborough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| North Peckham | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Goldsmith | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Clifton | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Rye Lane | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| St. Mary's | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nunhead | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| The Rye | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| St. Giles's | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Lyndhurst | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| St. John's | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Alleyn | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ruskin | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| The Hamlet | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| The College | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |