Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1953
Causes of death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | M. | 991 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 291 | 272 | 336 |
F. | 929 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 150 | 215 | 490 | |
Tuberculosis, respiratory | M. | 21 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | |
Tuberculosis, other | M. | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
Syphilitic disease | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | |
Diphtheria | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Whooping Cough | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Meningococcal infections | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Acute poliomyelitis | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Other infective and parasitic diseases | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M. | 29 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
F. | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 7 | 9 | |
Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M. | 77 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 40 | 23 | 13 |
F. | 14 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
Malignant neoplasm, breast | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
F. | 44 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 17 | 9 | 13 | |
Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F. | 12 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M. | 98 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 29 | 23 |
F. | 92 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 34 | |
Leukaemia, aleukemia | M. | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – |
F. | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Diabetes | M. | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – |
F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | M. | 88 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 18 | 36 | 32 |
F. | 124 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 24 | 31 | 65 | |
Coronary disease, angina | M. | 140 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 52 | 44 | 39 |
F. | 86 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 9 | 27 | 48 | |
Hypertension with heart disease | M. | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 15 | 12 |
F. | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 12 | 20 | |
Other heart disease | M. | 103 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 16 | 16 | 65 |
F. | 137 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 17 | 22 | 97 | |
Other circulatory disease | M. | 42 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
F. | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 19 | 46 | |
Influenza | M. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 |
F. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | |
Pneumonia | M. | 39 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 9 | 8 | 18 |
F. | 52 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 9 | 39 |