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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Sex | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Influenza | M | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 69 |
| F | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 76 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 44 | 46 | 127 | ||
| F | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 68 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 1 | - | - | 7 | 9 | 5 | 22 | ||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Total diseases of respiratory system - including influenza and excluding tuberculosis | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 104 | 196 | 389 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| F | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | M | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | F | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Congenital malformations | M | 12 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 18 |
| F | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 12 | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 29 | - | 1 | - | 8 | 16 | 20 | 59 | 133 |
| F | 9 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 59 | 105 | |
| Total MiscellaneousDi seases | 60 | - | 1 | 6 | 24 | 53 | 57 | 154 | 355 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | M | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | 4 | 19 | |
| F | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| All other accidents | M | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| F | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | |
| Suicide | M | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| F | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 5 | - | 13 | |
| Homicide and operations of tar | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| tolal - accidents,suicideviolence | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 88 | |
| TOTALS | 69 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 94 | 612 | 754 | 1,434 | 2,995 |