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Croydon 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE IV.Causes of, and ages at, death daring year ending December 31st, 1924, excluding deaths of strangers at the Workhouse, Mayday Road Hospital, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Purley War Memorial Hospital, Norwood Cottage Hospital, etc., and adding deaths of Croydon residents known to haveoccurred outside the district.

TABLE IV.

Causes of, and ages at, death daring year ending December 31st, 1924, excluding deaths of strangers at the Workhouse, Mayday Road Hospital, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Purley War Memorial Hospital, Norwood Cottage Hospital, etc., and adding deaths of Croydon residents known to have

occurred outside the district.

No.CAUSELOCALITIES.Institution & Street Deaths which could not be distributed.Total Institution Deaths distributed and not distributed.Inquest Cases.Total all Ages.Males all Ages.Females all Ages.0-1.1-2.2-5.515.15-25.25-45.45-65.65 and upwards .
Up. Norwood.Norbury.W. Thornton.Bensham Mnr.Thornton Hth.8th. Norwood.Wood aide.East.Addiscombe.Wihitehorso MnrBroad Green.Central.Waddon.South.
I.—General Diseases.MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1Enteric Fever.....................11..................1...2...2.................................2............
2Typhus............................................................................................................
3(A B.) Relapsing Fever
(A) Relapsing Fever............................................................................................................
(B) Mediterranean Fever............................................................................................................
4Malaria............................................................................................................
5Small-pox
(A) Vaccinated............................................................................................................
(B) Not vaccinated............................................................................................................
(C) Doubtful............................................................................................................
6Measles1......1............1............1...2 (1)...431......21...1
7Scarlet Fever........................1.........1......2...22.........2.......................................
8Whooping Cough......2...11......12...211...1 (1)...1129...4322..............................
9(A) Diphtheria111...11...11......1.........8 (1)...835...............132...1.........1......
(B C.) Croup
(B) Membranous laryngitis............................................................................................................
(C) Croup............................................................................................................
10Influenza1666888511188310...25(14)189454452521...2...94129929
11Miliary Fever............................................................................................................
12Asiatic Cholera............................................................................................................
13Cholera Nostras............................................................................................................
14Dysentery............................................................................................................
15Plague............................................................................................................
16Yellow Fever............................................................................................................
17Leprosy............................................................................................................
18Erysipelas1.....................1.........11...214311.....................1.........1......1