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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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The sex and age groups distribution, classified by the causes
of death, are set out in the following table:—
TABLE SHOWING CLASSIFIED CAUSES OF DEATHS IN AGE GROUPS IN CAMBERWELL DURING 1954
| Causes of death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 935 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 282 | 267 | 281 |
| F. | 884 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 193 | 213 | 416 | |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | M. | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| F. | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | |
| Tuberculosis, other | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Syphilitic disease | M. | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | – |
| F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Diphtheria | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infections | M. | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute poliomyelitis | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M. | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M. | 34 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| F. | 24 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M. | 80 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 42 | 29 | 6 |
| F. | 13 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 34 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 17 | 5 | 9 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F. | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M. | 91 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 10 | 21 | 36 | 21 |
| F. | 91 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 38 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukemia | M. | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | – |
| F. | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | |
| Diabetes | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| F. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M. | 75 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
| F. | 128 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 23 | 42 | 62 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M. | 148 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 64 | 42 | 40 |
| F. | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 38 | 34 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M. | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| F. | 30 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 21 | |
| Other heart disease | M. | 84 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 14 | 16 | 49 |
| F. | 154 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 19 | 28 | 98 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M. | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 12 | 31 |
| F. | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 14 | 48 |