Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]
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Table III— Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell, during the 52 weeks terminating Saturday, January 1st, 1859.
In what Localities ? | At what Ages ? | From what Causes ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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M. | F. | M. F. | 0 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 30 | 30 to 40 | 40 to 50 | 50 to 60 | 60 to 70 | 70 and over. | Violence,Privation, Poison and Premature Birth. | Fever. | Dysentery and Acute Diarrhœa (not of Infants) and Cholera | Scarlet Fever and Cynanche Maligna. | Small Pox | Erysipelas, Pyœmia, and Puerperal Fever. | Diarrhoea, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia of Infants under three years. | Measles, Hooping-cough, and Croup | Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infancy. | Phthisis and other Tubercular diseases. | Other diseases, chiefly Chronic. | |
First Quarter | 166 | 202 | 368 | 117 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 31 | 36 | 40 | 72 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ... | 2 | 36 | 23 | 31 | 49 | 190 |
Second Quarter | 149 | 158 | 307 | 97 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 26 | 21 | 34 | 47 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 25 | ... | 3 | 15 | 22 | 28 | 44 | 143 |
Third Quarter | 167 | 189 | 356 | 151 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 23 | 30 | 41 | 28 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 65 | ... | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
Fourth Quarter | 206 | 203 | 409 | 162 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 45 | 56 | 20 | 7 | ... | 44 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 42 | 26 | 42 | 175 |
General total | 688 | 752 | 1440 | 527 | 67 | 27 | 32 | 83 | 117 | 109 | 115 | 160 | 203 | 101 | 20 | 7 | 143 | 7 | 12 | 126 | 108 | 108 | 169 | 639 |
Table IV.— Mortality due to Zymotic Diseases in 1858.
Fever. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Small-pox. | Hooping Cough. | Measles. | Diarrhœa. | Total. | |
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Dulwich | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
Camberwell | 6 | 33 | 2 | ... | 10 | 4 | 7 | 62 |
Peckham | 11 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 96 |
St. Greorge | 3 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 114 |
Tutal | 20 | 129 | 14 | 7 | 51 | 28 | 26 | 275 |