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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 1958
[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 1958
| Causes of death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 1,062 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 37 | 304 | 303 | 362 |
| F. | 980 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 168 | 251 | 487 | |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | M. | 20 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| F. | 10 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | |
| Tuberculosis, other | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Syphilitic disease | M. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infections | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute poliomyelitis | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | _ | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M. | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | — | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M. | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| F. | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M. | 95 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 51 | 30 | 12 |
| F. | 9 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | I- |
| F. | 38 | – | – | – | – | n | 19 | 12 | 7 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F. | 14 | – | – | – | – | l> | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Other malignant and lymphtic neoplasms | M. | 113 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 32 | 38 | 38 |
| F. | 98 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 33 | 34 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukemia | M. | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| F. | 12 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| F. | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M. | 85 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 38 |
| F. | 147 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 25 | 29 | 78 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M. | 185 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 77 | 60 | 43 |
| F. | 116 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 16 | 38 | 61 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M. | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| F. | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 35 | |
| Other heart disease | M. | 86 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 11 | 17 | 55 |
| F. | 121 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 14 | 21 | 84 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M. | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 20 | 15 |
| F. | 65 | – | – | — | – | – | 11 | 6 | 38 | |
| Influenza | M. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Pneumonia | M. | 67 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 32 |
| F. | 82 | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | 25 | 47 |