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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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The following table shows the number of births allocated to Camberwell during the year under review:—
| Live Births | Still Births | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Legitimate | 1,323 | 1,292 | 26 | 28 | 1,349 | 1,320 |
| Illegitimate | 78 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 83 | 73 |
| Total | 1,401 | 1,363 | 31 | 30 | 1,432 | 1,393 |
| 2,764 | 61 | 2,825 | ||||
There was a slight decrease in the number of deaths of
Camberwell residents during the year, with a consequent drop
of one point in the death rate. The following table classifies
by causes, sex and age groups the 2,187 deaths allocated to this
Borough after adjustment for inward and outward transfers.
TABLE SHOWING CLASSIFIED CAUSES OF DEATHS IN AGE GROUPS IN CAMBERWELL DURING 1953.
| Causes of death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 1,136 | 41 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 286 | 357 | 372 |
| F. | 1,051 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 181 | 248 | 523 | |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | M. | 34 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 20 | 5 | – |
| F. | 10 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 5 | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis, other | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| F. | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Syphilitic disease | M. | 4 | – | – | — | – | – | 1 | 3 | – |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | 1 | — | — | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infections | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute poliomyelitis | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M. | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M. | 31 | – | – | — | – | 1 | 5 | 18 | 7 |
| F. | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 9 | 8 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M. | 69 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 42 | 17 | 7 |
| F. | 6 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 |