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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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DEPARTMENTAL CLASSIFICATION OF DEATH'S ACCORDING TO DISEASE OVER A PERIOD OF SIX YEARS.
| Cause of Death. | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | Death Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Deaths | Total Death: | Total Deaths | Total Deaths | Total Deaths | Total Deaths | ||
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 35 | 12 | 2 | - | 1 | 0.005 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.005 |
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 21 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 5 | 0.027 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0.033 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 8 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0.022 |
| Influenza (including Influenzal pneumonia | 39 | 71 | 21 | 48 | 49 | 36 | 0.195 |
| Dysentery | _ | - | 1 | 1 | - | 0.011 | |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0.043 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 132 | 140 | 117 | 89 | 128 | 90 | 0.488 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis) | 19 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 0.103 |
| Other Tuberculous) Diseases) | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 428 | 432 | 387 | 419 | 443 | 376 | 2.038 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0.011 |
| Meningitis | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.016 |
| OrganicHeart Disease | 749 | 770 | 777 | 782 | 682 | 672 | 3.642 |
| (Bronchitis, Acute and Chronic ) | 44 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 130 | 80 | 0.434 |
| Pneumonia | 185 | 179 | 150 | 151 | 206 | 194 | 1.051 |
| Other Diseases of the) Respiratory Organs ) | 23 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 0.163 |
| Diarrhoea & Enteritis | 31 | 45 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 0.075 |
| Appendicitis | 18 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 0.054 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0.054 |
| Alcoholism | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.005 |
| (Nephritis & Bright's Disease ) | 89 | 84 | 72 | 63 | 63 | 60 | 0.325 |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.016 | |
| Other diseases &Acciddent of pregnancy & partumition | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.027 |
| (Congenital Debility | 105 | 64 | 71 | 53 | 34 | 0.184 | |
| Malformation and ) | 63 | ||||||
| Premature Birth ) | |||||||
| Violent Deaths (excluding suicide ) | 85 | 102 | 78 | 77 | 61 | 74 | 0.401 |
| Suicide | 29 | 30 | 43 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 0.108 |
| Other Defined Diseases Diseases I11-Defined . | 570 | 634 | 595 | 662 | 1152 | 778 | 4.217 |
| or Unknown | - | - | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0.011 | |
| TOTAL | "590 | 2800 | 2496 | 2557 | 3118 | 2539 |
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Calculated per 1,000 live and still births.
1941 showed a decrease in the general death rate- and the birth rate.