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Camberwell 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1937—contd.

Causes of Death.Sex.All Ages.0-1-2-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-
Other digestive diseasesM.23113223353
F.21222717
Acute & chronic nephritisM.2836883
F.43221381215
Puerperal sepsisF.312
Other Puerperal causesF.3111
Congenital debility, premature birth, malformation, etc.M.3636
F.37361
SenilityM.33330
F.58751
SuicideM.1241331
F.111223111
Other ViolenceM.403137614753
F.3312342114510
Other defined diseasesM.9582516356122027
F.1117115551518142614
Causes ill-defined or unknownM.11
F.11

Infantile Mortality
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age was
185, three less than in 1936, representing an infant mortality rate
of 58 per 1,000 births.
The number of deaths of illegitimate infants was 13, furnishing
a death rate of 96 per 1,000 illegitimate births.
The chief causes of death in infants under one year were
prematurity 72 deaths, pneumonia 32 deaths, and diarrhoea and
enteritis 39 deaths.
A table showing the classification of the total deaths appear
on page 12.
Neo-Natal Deaths
The number of deaths registered of infants under one month
old was 62, representing a neo-natal death rate of 19.6 per 1,000 live
births as compared with 25.4 in 1936.

The classification of these deaths into groups of causes of death is shown in the following summary:—

1. Difficult Labour.
Injury at birth3
2. Foetal States
Congenital defects8
Atelectasis4
Atrophy, debility and marasmus3
Asphyxia neonatorum3
3. Prematurity32
4. Other causes9