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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE DURING 1963 IN CAMBERWELL
| Cause of Death | Sex | Total all ages | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 1 year | Age in Years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | |||||
| 1. TUBERCULOSIS, RESPIRATORY | M | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | |
| 2. TUBERCULOSIS, OTHER | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 3. SYPHILITIC DISEASE | M | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| 4. DIPHTHERIA | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 5. WHOOPING COUGH | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 6. MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 7. ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 8. MEASLES | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 9. OTHER INFECTIVE AND PARASITIC DISEASES | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |
| 10. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, STOMACH | M | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| F | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 11. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, LUNG, BRONCHUS | M | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 36 | 34 | 22 |
| F | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | |
| 12. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, BREAST | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |
| 13. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, UTERUS | F | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 14. OTHER MALIGNANT AND LYMPHATIC NEOPLASMS | M | 97 | – | – | M | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 21 |
| F | 68 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 18 | |
| 15. LEUKAEMIA, ALEUKAEMIA | M | 8 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | |
| 16. DIABETES | M | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | |
| 17. VASCULAR LESIONS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM | M | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 17 | 22 | 49 |
| F | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 13 | 44 | 91 | |
| 18. CORONARY DISEASE, ANGINA | M | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 23 | 57 | 80 | 106 |
| F | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 117 | |
| 19. HYPERTENSION WITH HEART DISEASE | M | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| F | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 27 | |
| 20. OTHER HEART DISEASE | M | 58 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 27 |
| F | 127 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 85 | |
| 21. OTHER CIRCULATORY DISEASE | M | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| F | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 41 | |
| 22. INFLUENZA | M | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| 23. PNEUMONIA | M | 75 | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 32 |
| F | 96 | – | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 72 | |
| 24. BRONCHITIS | M | 136 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 6 | 39 |
| F | 58 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | 24 | 39 | 63 | |
| 25. OTHER DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | M | 14 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| F | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 26. ULCER OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM | M | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 27. GASTRITIS, ENTERITIS AND DIARRHOEA | M | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| F | 9 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| 28. NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROSIS | M | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | |
| 29. HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE | M | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 |
| 30. PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, ABORTION | F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31. CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS | M | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| F | 8 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
| 32. OTHER DEFINED AND ILL-DEFINED DISEASES | M | 79 | 22 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 19 |
| F | 87 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 33 | |
| 33. MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS | M | 10 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| F | 10 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 34. ALL OTHER ACCIDENTS | M | 19 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| F | 15 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 10 | |
| 35. SUICIDE | M | 12 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – |
| F | 13 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |