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Camberwell 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Table: It will be seen from this table that the chief causes of deaths in Camberwell during 1953 were as follows:—

It will be seen from this table that the chief causes of deaths in Camberwell during 1953 were as follows:—

Diseases of the heart706
Respiratory diseases (excluding Phthisis)405
Cancer375
Vascular lesions of nervous system228

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Infantile Mortality.
The number of infants who died before reaching the age of
one year was 73. This was an increase of only 4 deaths as
compared with the previous year, but resulted in a jump in the
infantile death rate from 23.6 in 1952 to 26.4 in 1953 in view of
the reduction in the number of live births. The former figure
was the lowest infantile mortality rate ever recorded in Camberwell.
Neo-natal deaths —that is deaths of children under one
month—numbered 48.

Table: The following table shows the infant death rates for England and Wales, London and Camberwell during the past five years:—

The following table shows the infant death rates for England and Wales, London and Camberwell during the past five years:—

19531952195119501949
England and Wales26.827.629.62934
London24.823.826.42631
Camberwell26.423.625.72731

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Maternal Mortality.
As in the previous year, only two maternal deaths occurred
in Camberwell during 1953. Owing to the fall in the number of
births recorded, however, the maternal death rate increased
from 0.67 to 0.70. The causes of these two deaths were internal
haemorrhage due to ruptured ectopic pregnancy in one case,
and acute hepatic necrosis and toxaemia of pregnancy in the
other.