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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

Croydon 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: DEPARTMENTAL CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS ACCORDING TO DISEASE OVER A PERIOD OF SIX YEARS.

DEPARTMENTAL CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS ACCORDING TO DISEASE OVER A PERIOD OF SIX YEARS.

Cause of Death193519361937193819391940
Total DeathsTotal DeathsTotal DeathsTotal DeathsTotal DeathsTotal DeathsDeath Rate
Enteric Fever-435122--
Malaria-------
Small Pox-------
Measles-2158---
Scarlet Fever-233---
Whooping Cough21553320.010
Diphtheria and Croup12815161640.020
Influenza (Including Influenzal pheumonia)253971211 48490.245
Dysentery-- .-11--
Erysipelas2633220.010
Cerebro-Spinal Fever3-352160.080
Pulmonary Tuberculosis148132l4o117891280.641
Tuberculous Meningitis9191520186)0.105
Other Tuberculous Disease14)-.15)
Cancer, Malignant Disease3214284323874194432.217
Rheunatic Fever96116280.040
Meningitis144453.50.025
organic Heart Disease7807497707777826823.413
Bronchitis, Acute and) Chronic )45445049471300.650
Pnoumenia1201851791501512061.031
Other Diseases of the) Respiratory Organs )2923122513210.105
Diarrhoea & Enteritis2931452923180,090
Appendicitis4818231515350.075
Cirrhosis of Liver289812l0.005
Alcoholism2-11120.010
Nephritis & Bright' s) Disease )6689847263630.315
*Puerperal Fever751l220.660
*Other diseases & accidents of pregnancy & parturition17112230.99c
Congenital Debility, Mal formation & Premature Birth87631056471530.265
Violent deaths (excluding suicide)85851027877610.305
Suicide26293043282.00.100
Other Defined Diseases Diseases Ill-defined or) Unknown )567570634 2595 -662 32152 115.766 0.055
TOTAL2,4532,5902,8002,4962,5573,118
Calculated per1,000Live and still births

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1940 showed, a large Increase in the general death rate
and an increase in the birth rate.
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