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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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DEATHS—continued.
| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
| Whooping Cough | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infections | M. | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute poliomyelitis | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M. | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| F. | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M. | 31 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
| F. | 32 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 13 | 10 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M. | 71 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 38 | 24 | 7 |
| F. | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | 24 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F. | 12 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M. | 107 | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 29 |
| F. | 90 | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 19 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukemia | M. | 8 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 6 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 13 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M. | 82 | – | – | – | – | _ | 16 | 32 | 34 |
| F. | 140 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 26 | 50 | 62 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M. | 122 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 39 | 47 | 33 |
| F. | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 37 | 31 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M. | 61 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 21 | 26 |
| F. | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 21 | 33 | |
| Other heart disease | M. | 207 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 29 | 57 | 119 |
| F. | 276 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 28 | 51 | 189 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M. | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| F. | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 18 | 36 | |
| Influenza | M. | 25 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| F. | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 9 | 15 | |
| Pneumonia | M. | 46 | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 9 | 18 |
| F. | 52 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 9 | 13 | 24 | |
| Bronchitis | M. | 157 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 32 | 57 | 63 |
| F. | 93 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 28 | 50 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | M. | 12 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| F. | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M. | 21 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| F. | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 6 | 3 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M. | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 |
| F. | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M. | 14 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| F. | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | – |