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 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE III— continued

TABLE III— continued

No.CAUSE.LOCALITIES.Institution & Street Deaths which could not he distributed.Total Institution Deaths distributed and not distributed.Inquest Cases.Total all Ages.Males all Ages.Females all Ages.0-1.1-2.2-5.5-15.15-25.25-45.45-65.65 and upwards.
West.North.Central.East.South.South Norwood.Upper Norwood.Thornton Heath.
172Injury by fall310...1...111...8(3)1417_ 710.........11...114
173Injury in mines and quarries1..............................11...............1.........
174Injury by machines..................................................................
175Injury by other crushing (vehicles, railways, landslides, &c.)7123......2117 (3)1417152......322154
176Injury by animals..................................................................
177Starvation..................................................................
178Excessive cold1211.........1......6651.....................5
179Effects of heat..................................................................
180Lightning..................................................................
181Electricity (lightning excepted).........1..................111........................1
182Homicide by firearms..................................................................
183Homicide by cutting or piercing instruments..................................................................
184Homicide by other means...............1............111............1............
185Fractures (cause not specified)...1..................1(1)111...........................1
186Other violence1.....................11222..................1...1
XIV.—Ill-Defined Causes.
187Dropsy......1......1.........1...211..................2...
188(A) Syncope (aged 1 year and under 70)2...12...1.........12633............123...
188(B) Sudden death (not otherwise defined)..................................................................
189(A) Heart failure (aged 1 year and under 70)...2111...............1532...1............31
189(B.C.D E.) Other ill-defined causes (B) Atrophy, debility, marasmus (aged 1 year and under 70)1211.........1...2...633...1...1......13
(C) Teething..................................................................
(D) Tyrexia..................................................................
(E) Other ill-defined deaths.....................1......11...1..................1...
189(F) Cause not specified.....................1......11...1.....................1
Totals4685971862121722529418244524(250)19722071091111624951618481284504893