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Croydon 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table VIII.CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS ACCORDING TO DISEASE OVER A PERIOD OF 11 YEARS.

Table VIII.

CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS ACCORDING TO DISEASE OVER A PERIOD OF 11 YEARS.

Cause of Death.192019211922192319241925192619271928192919 30
Total DeathsTotal DeathsTotal Deaths.Total Deaths.Total Deaths.Total Deaths.Total DeathsTotal Deaths.Total Deaths.Total DeathsTotal DeathsDeath Rate.
Enteric Fever411...2...12...1......
Malaria......1......11...............
Small Pox....................................
Measles22619947136301220 .099
Scarlet Fever746221...35420.009
Whooping Cough2221111119921142430.013
Diphtheria and Croup262327218832103223140.063
Influenza (including influenzal pneumonia)43391012089634411838199320.144
Dysentery21........................10.004
Erysipelas342245553870.031
Cerebro-Spinal fever......2...2.........2...20.009
Pulmonary Tuberculosis1561561831531571511711651671701540.693
Tuberculous Meningitis1612142212171710131070.031
Other Tuberculous Disease23161215191320282619140.063
Cancer, Malignant Disease2182182522592933193303443273303391.52
Rheumatic Fever51275981166540.018
Meningitis131112866291117140.063
Organic Heart Disease2582293242543052732813464053083751.69
Bronchitis16314319413914213010092922261250.562
Pneumonia*1601381831441821401382001582721990.895
Other Diseases of the Respiratory Organs40344036333234333321160.072
Diarrhoea and Enteritis40623736323634242845320.144
Appendicitis and Typhlitis1491521282014171627230.103
Cirrhosis of Liver1010141171239111050.022
Alcoholism221331233430.013
Nephritis and Brights Disease555947597065817779117450.202
Puerperal Fever6464251142610.004
Other Diseases and Accid«nts of Pregnancy & Parturition12101068813511560.027
Congenital Debility and Malformation62485232373652302642420.189
Premature Birth61473839544240483247400.180
Violent deaths (excluding Suicide)33264849666571837564740.333
Suicide17301923232333303529190.085
Other Defined Diseases6426656876246706727037206647487133.20
Diseases Ill-definedorunknown191322......134101040.018
Total2134205423872007228021692269245223542792239710.5
* Except Influenzal Pneumonia.

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Comments on Table VIII.
The main features for 1930, as compared with last year, are:
(1) The decline in the death rate from Influenza. (2) The increase
in the Measles death rate, this disease exhibiting its usual
two yearly exacerbation. (3) The increase in the deaths attributed