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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 1962
[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 1962
| Causes of death | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M | 999 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 321 | 239 | 319 |
| F | 983 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 155 | 218 | 534 | |
| Tuberculosis,respiratory | M | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis, other | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Syphilitic disease | M | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Diphtheria | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | -- | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infections | M | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute poliomyelitis | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic disease | M | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | 23 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| F | 34 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Malignant neoplasm,lung, bronchus | M | 112 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 66 | 30 | 15 |
| F | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 9 | 7 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F | 16 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 96 | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 21 |
| F | 93 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 26 | 21 | 41 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | F | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| M | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Diabetes | M | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| F | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 77 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 15 | 18 | 41 |
| F | 127 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 16 | 30 | 79 | |
| Coronary disease,angina | M | 207 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 82 | 49 | 63 |
| F | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 46 | 98 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| F | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| Other heart diseases | M | 67 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 17 | 20 | 28 |
| F | 100 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 14 | 16 | 67 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 8 | 23 |
| F | 68 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 10 | 11 | 43 | |
| Influenza | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |