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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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A table showing the age distribution of these deaths in each quarter of the year is appended :—
| Period. | Under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and Under 3 months. | 3 months and Under 12 months. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legit. | Illegit. | Legit. | Illegit. | Legit. | Illegit. | |
| 1st Quarter | 14 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 38 | 3 |
| 2nd „ | 20 | – | 12 | 1 | 15 | – |
| 3rd „ | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 4th „ | 15 | – | 9 | – | 23 | 1 |
DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1934.
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 1,512 | 119 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 76 | 60 | 77 | 170 | 300 | 317 | 320 |
| F. | 1,422 | 95 | 18 | 23 | 36 | 57 | 41 | 66 | 119 | 186 | 324 | 457 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | 15 | – | 5 | 5 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | M. | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | 6 | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 14 | – | – | 4 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Influenza | M. | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| F. | 17 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| Encephalitis lethargica | M. | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | M. | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 142 | – | – | – | – | 28, | 20 | 24 | 34 | 28 | 8 | – |
| F. | 60 | – | – | – | 1 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other tuberculous diseases | M. | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| F. | 16 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Syphilis | M. | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M. | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | M. | 197 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 64 | 68 | 26 |
| F. | 204 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 19 | 28 | 50 | 49 | 54 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| F. | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
| Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | M. | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 12 |
| F. | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 20 | |
| Heart disease | M. | 351 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 74 | 92 | 138 |
| F. | 402 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 110 | 191 | |
| Aneurysm | M. | 8 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | – |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other circulatory diseases | M. | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| F. | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 |