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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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DEATHS, CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DURING THE YEAR 1938.
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 1,418 | 116 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 53 | 65 | 127 | 287 | 336 | 345 |
| F. | 1,311 | 75 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 40 | 49 | 64 | 95 | 203 | 298 | 438 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 7 | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | 9 | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Influenza | M. | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| F. | 8 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | – | |
| Encephalitis lethargica | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | M. | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M. | 97 | – | – | – | 4 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 28 | 12 | 1 |
| F. | 55 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Other tuberculous diseases | M. | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| F. | 11 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Syphilis | M. | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | – |
| F. | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | |
| General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M. | 10 | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 1 | – |
| F. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | M. | 181 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 45 | 65 | 34 |
| F. | 190 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 9 | 23 | 44 | 57 | 52 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| F. | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |
| Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | M. | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 29 |
| F. | 67 | — | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 23 | |
| Heart disease | M. | 366 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 71 | 107 | 144 |
| F. | 423 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 68 | 118 | 196 | |
| Aneurysm | M. | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| F. | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other circulatory diseases | M. | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 21 |
| F. | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 29 | |
| Bronchitis | M. | 64 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 23 |
| F. | 34 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 18 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | M. | 100 | 17 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 12 |
| F. | 80 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 25 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | M. | 9 | — | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| F. | 3 | — | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Peptic Ulcer | M. | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| F. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Diarrhoea, etc. | M. | 21 | 17 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 14 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | |
| Appendicitis | M. | 10 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| F. | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Cirrhosis of liver | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Other diseases of liver, etc. | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |