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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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| Sex | 0- | - | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Influenza | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 6 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 52 |
| F | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 15 | 39 | 75 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | 41 | 50 | 41 | 131 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 33 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | M | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Total diseases of respiratory system including influenza and excluding tuberculosis | 15 | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | 65 | 100 | 189 | 377 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| F | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | M | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 13 | 25 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | M | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 9 |
| F | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | ||
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 82 |
| F | 18 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 73 | 138 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | M | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| All other accidents | M | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| F | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 11 | 18 | |
| Suicide | M | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | 11 |
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Homicide and operations of war | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total - Occidents, suicide and violence | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 81 | |
| TOTALS | 67 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 100 | 620 | 720 | 1436 | 2977 |