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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 1960
[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 1960
| Causes of death | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 959 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 310 | 253 | 303 |
| F. | 943 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 175 | 217 | 462 | |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | M. | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| F. | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis,other | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | |
| Syphilitic disease | M. | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infections | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Acute poliomyelitis | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M. | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 10 | 7 |
| F. | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 16 | |
| Malignant neoplasm,lung, bronchus | M. | 95 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 56 | 26 | 11 |
| F. | 25 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 24 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 15 | 2 | 3 | |
| Malignant neoplasm,uterus Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | F. | 17 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| M. | 105 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 28 | |
| F. | 85 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 20 | 28 | 29 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M. | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | 2 |
| F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| F. | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M. | 95 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 19 | 28 | 43 |
| F. | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 30 | 65 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M. | 188 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 75 | 49 | 58 |
| F. | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 50 | 76 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M. | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| F. | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 25 | |
| Other heart diseases | M. | 59 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 12 | 15 | 30 |
| F. | 123 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 18 | 18 | 84 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M. | 39 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 11 | 14 |
| F. | 58 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 19 | 31 | |
| Influenza | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Pneumonia | M. | 39 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 7 | 15 | 15 |
| F. | 60 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 6 | 7 | 41 |