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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 1959
[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 1959
| Causes of death | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 25- | 15- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 1028 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 325 | 268 | 315 |
| F. | 983 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 155 | 251 | 506 | |
| Tuberculosis,respiratory | M. | 11 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis, other | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Syphilitic disease | M. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infections | M. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute poliomyelitis | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M. | 25 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 |
| F. | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 5 | 15 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M. | 105 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 48 | 34 | 20 |
| F. | 16 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 38 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | |
| Malignant neoplasm,uterus | F. | 12 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M. | 103 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 33 | 31 | 35 |
| F. | 100 | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | 29 | 33 | 32 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M. | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| F. | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| F. | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M. | 83 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 25 | 24 | 31 |
| F. | 117 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 10 | 33 | 71 | |
| Coronary disease,angina | M. | 162 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 65 | 50 | 39 |
| F. | 124 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 14 | 33 | 76 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M. | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| F. | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 12 | |
| Other heart disease | M. | 56 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| F. | 117 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 14 | 19 | 79 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M. | 45 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
| F. | 64 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 16 | 39 | |
| Influenza | M. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 16 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |
| Pneumonia. | M. | 85 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 16 | 18 | 39 |
| F. | 104 | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | 21 | 67 |