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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 1961
[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 1961
| Causes of death | Sex | All ages | 1- | 0- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M. | 1065 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 336 | 290 | 345 |
| F. | 989 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 160 | 232 | 521 | |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | M. | 17 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis, other | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Syphilitic disease | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infections | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute poliomyelitis | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M. | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M. | 35 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 |
| F. | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M. | 105 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 51 | 40 | 12 |
| F. | 16 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | 30 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F. | 19 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms. | M. | 104 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 33 |
| F. | 91 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 32 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M. | 3 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Diabetes | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| F. | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M. | 102 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 24 | 33 | 41 |
| F. | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 33 | 90 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M. | 225 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 86 | 70 | 64 |
| F. | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 49 | 98 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M. | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| F. | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 14 | |
| Other heart diseases | M. | 57 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 15 | 11 | 28 |
| F. | 116 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 77 | |
| Other circulatory disease Influenza | M. | 51 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 16 | 12 | 21 |
| F. | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 18 | 40 | |
| M. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| F. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |