Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixth annual report of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell...
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TABLE IV.—Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year 1905.
| Cause of Death. | Deaths in on belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages.) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. 2 | Under 1. 3 | 1 and under 5 4 | 5 and under 15. 5 | 15 and under 25. 6 | 25 and under 65. 7 | 65 and upwards. 8 | Dulwich. 9 | South Camberwell. 10 | North Camberwell, 11 | Peckham. 12 | St. George's. 13 | Locality unknown. 14 | Deaths in Institutions. 15 | ||
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 72 | 8 | 56 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 22 | .. | 6 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 29 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 16 | 4 | .. | .. | |
| Hooping-cough | 68 | 31 | 36 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | .. | 1 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 18 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | |
| Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | |
| Other continued. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 34 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | 165 | 136 | 26 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 61 | 51 | 1 | 5 | |
| Enteritis | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 | |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .. | 4 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 49 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 9 | |
| Phthisis | 306 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 236 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 77 | 103 | 67 | 6 | 92 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 154 | 53 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 36 | 53 | 32 | 3 | 20 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 220 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 145 | 74 | 13 | 25 | 61 | 80 | 37 | 4 | 38 | |
| Bronchitis | 371 | 72 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 103 | 148 | 10 | 49 | 106 | 127 | 71 | 8 | 57 | |
| Pneumonia | 264 | 78 | 64 | 12 | 11 | 67 | 32 | 6 | 26 | 90 | 83 | 56 | 3 | 36 | |
| Pleurisy | 13 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 33 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | .. | 3 | 6 | 19 | 5 | .. | 4 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 58 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 46 | 11 | .. | 13 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 10 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | |
| Premature Birth | 121 | 121 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 17 | 27 | 45 | 29 | .. | .. | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 18 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 14 | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Heart Diseases | 292 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 158 | 90 | 15 | 46 | 77 | 113 | 34 | 7 | 46 | |
| Accidents | 122 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 35 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 30 | |
| Suicides | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mental Diseases | 31 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 19 | 11 | .. | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | |
| Old Age | 284 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 276 | 16 | 41 | 56 | 107 | 42 | 2 | 92 | |
| Defective Vitality, &c. | 163 | 158 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 25 | 35 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 20 | |
| Granular Kidney | 76 | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 76 | |
| Convulsions | 72 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 19 | .. | 1 | |
| All other causes | 592 | 68 | 58 | 32 | 26 | 216 | 192 | 30 | 84 | 136 | 201 | 120 | 21 | 85 | |
| All causes | 3713 | 865 | 389 | 141 | 143 | 1250 | 925 | 140 | 497 | 943 | 1309 | 722 | 102 | 663* | |
* This number refers to the deaths of parishioners and excludes the deaths of nonparishioners
who were inmates of St. Saviour's Infirmary.