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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE SHOWING CLASSIFIED CAUSES OF DEATHS IN AGE GROUPS IN CAMBERWELL DURING 1955
| Causes of death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 952 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 283 | 273 | 292 |
| F. | 926 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 183 | 241 | 435 | |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | M. | 22 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| F. | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis, other | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Syphilitic disease | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infections | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute poliomyelitis | M. | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M. | 32 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 |
| F. | 25 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M. | 92 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 53 | 29 | 7 |
| F. | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 8 | 5 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 28 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 13 | 6 | 5 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F. | 14 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M. | 100 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 6 | 36 | 32 | 22 |
| F. | 91 | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | 28 | 29 | 29 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukemia | M. | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Diabetes | M. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – |
| F. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M. | 69 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 12 | 23 | 33 |
| F. | 100 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 18 | 29 | 51 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M. | 134 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 49 | 41 | 35 |
| F. | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 38 | 49 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M. | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| F. | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Other heart disease | M. | 75 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 15 | l7 | 42 |
| F. | 146 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 19 | 26 | 98 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M. | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 16 | 33 |
| F. | 86 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 18 | 23 | 44 | |
| Influenza | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 8 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | |
| Pneumonia | M. | 59 | 3 | – | – | – | 5 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| F. | 52 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 11 | 36 |