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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1937.
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 1,393 | 108 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 49 | 60 | 52 | 125 | 271 | 362 | 307 |
| F. | 1,491 | 77 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 53 | 54 | 64 | 125 | 192 | 354 | 528 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | M. | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 7 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | 5 | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 8 | – | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Influenza | M. | 33 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| F. | 39 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |
| Encephalitis lethargica | M. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | M. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 96 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 15 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 12 | – |
| F. | 81 | – | – | – | 1 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
| Other tuberculous diseases | M. | 17 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – |
| F. | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | |
| Syphilis | M. | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | |
| General paralysis of the insane,tabes dorsalis | M. | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | M. | 183 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 71 | 32 |
| F. | 224 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 53 | 66 | 54 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 11 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| F. | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 13 | 10 | |
| Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | M. | 68 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 24 |
| F. | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 34 | |
| Heart disease | M. | 370 | – | – | 2 | – | 7 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 65 | 120 | 135 |
| F. | 426 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 228 | 112 | |
| Aneurysm | M. | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Other circulatory diseases | M. | 61 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 20 |
| F. | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 23 | 29 | |
| Bronchitis | M. | 63 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 32 |
| F. | 59 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | M. | 107 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 8 |
| F. | 83 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | M. | 13 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| F. | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | |
| Peptic Ulcer | M. | 20 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| F. | 11 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| Diarrhoea, etc. | M. | 30 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | 12 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Appendicitis | M. | 10 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 7 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | |
| Cirrhosis of liver | M. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | |
| Other diseases of liver, etc. | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – |