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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 1952
[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. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infections ... | M. | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute poliomyelitis ... ... | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles ... ... ... | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases ... ... ... | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M. | 39 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 |
| F. | 28 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus ... ... ... | M. | 70 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 37 | 24 | 3 |
| F. | 11 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast... | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 33 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus... | F. | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms ... ... | M. | 103 | – | – | 1 | – | 9 | 26 | 41 | 26 |
| F. | 86 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 27 | 24 | 33 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukemia ... | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| F. | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Diabetes ... ... ... | M. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| F. | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system ... ... ... | M. | 91 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 14 | 38 | 35 |
| F. | 147 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 25 | 45 | 76 | |
| Coronary disease, angina ... | M. | 154 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 41 | 67 | 43 |
| F. | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 38 | 38 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease ... ... ... | M. | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 14 | 8 |
| F. | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 15 | 15 | |
| Other heart disease ... ... | M. | 139 | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 23 | 34 | 74 |
| F. | 224 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 22 | 44 | 150 | |
| Other circulatory disease ... | M. | 46 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | 13 | 22 |
| F. | 57 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | 16 | 34 | |
| Influenza ... ... ... | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Pneumonia ... ... ... | M. | 46 | 3 | – | – | – | 4 | 11 | 11 | 17 |
| F. | 27 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | |
| Bronchitis ... ... ... | M. | 162 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 48 | 57 | 53 |
| F. | 99 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 32 | 59 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system ... ... ... | M. | 14 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum ... ... ... | M. | 34 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea ... ... ... | M. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| F. | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | ||
| Nephritis and nephrosis ... | M. | 8 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | 2 |