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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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REGISTRAR GENERAL' S TABLE OF DEATHS ACCORDING TO CAUSE, AGE AND SEX
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 25- | 65- | 75- | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | M | 37 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 57 | 391 | 397 | 549 | 1,46 1 |
| F | 26 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 237 | 346 | 830 | 1.491 | |
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| F | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | M | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| F | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Syphilitic Diseases | M | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | |
| Whooping Cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningococcal Infections | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Other infective and Parasitic diseases | H | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total Infective and Para• sitic diseases(including Tuberculosis) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 49 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | _ | . | _ | - | - | 12 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 | |
| " " " lung, bronchus | M | - | - | - | - | 5 | 55 | 43 | 16 | 119 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 4 | 26 | |
| breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | 4 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 50 | |
| " " uterus | F | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 39 | 56 | 159 |
| F | - | - | - | - | 4 | 49 | 39 | 48 | 140 | |
| Leukaemia; aleukaemia | M | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| F | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Total all formsof Cancer | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 217 | 177 | 166 | 591 | |
| Diabetes | M | _ | • | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Vascular lesions of Nervous System | M | - | . | 2 | - | 3 | 20 | 51 | 91 | 167 |
| F | _ | _ | _ | . | 3 | 19 | 70 | 181 | 273 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M | - | . | - | - | 13 | 94 | 80 | 66 | 253 |
| F | . | • | • | _ | _ | 23 | 48 | 72 | 143 | |
| Hypertension, with heart disease | M | _ | _ | m | _ | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 30 |
| F | _ | _ | . | _ | 1 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 46 | |
| other heart diseases | M | - | - | - | - | 2 | 25 | 36 | 116 | 179 |
| F | - | - | . | _ | 4 | 24 | 45 | 231 | 304 | |
| Other circulatory diseases | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 9 | 27 | 51 |
| F | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 17 | 61 | 83 | |
| Totol heart and circulatory diseases | - | - | - | - | 24 | 193 | 254 | 618 | 1. 089 | |
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