London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Deaths tabulated in the Department numbered 592 as compared
with 549 in 1955; 486 in 1954; 540 in 1953; 567 in 1952; 479 in
1951; 501 in 1950; 481 in 1949; 510 in 1948; 492 in 1947 and 45I
in 1946.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population for the last 11 years are as follows:-
| 1946 - 1.93 (451) | 1950 - 1.99 (501) | 1954 - 1.95 (486) |
| 1947 - 2.03 (492) | 1951 - 1.91 (479) | 1955 - 2.20 (543) |
| 1948 - 2.03 (510) | 1952 - 2.26 (567) | 1956 - 2.37 (592) |
| 1949 - 1.93 (481) | 1953 - 2. 16 (540) |
The organs most often attacked in descending order of incidence
are: In the males - the Lungs (35.6 per cent,), the Bowels
and Rectum (13.2 per cent.) and the Stomach (12.2 per cent.);
in females - the Breast (18.3 per cent.), the Bowels and Rectui
(17.0 per cent.).
See also tables in the Appendix, page 89.