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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 1941
[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,
| Sex | All Ages | 0 - | 1 - | 5 - | 15- | 45- | 65- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | M | 1245 | 54 | 26 | 15 | 142 | 344 | 664 |
| F | 1293 | 36 | 23 | 16 | 124 | 290 | 804 | |
| Whooping Cough | M | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| F | -3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | M | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | M | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | 6 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| Typhoid group | M | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | M | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | _ | 1 | - | _ | _ | ||
| Influenza | M | 11 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| F | 24 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 18 | |
| Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | M | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| F | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute infantile encephalitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis (respiratory) | M | 52 | - | - | - | 20 | 22 | 10 |
| F | 38 | - | - | 2 | 22 | 11 | 3 | |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | M | 9 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| F | 12 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Syphilitic diseases | M | 16 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Cancer | M | 194 | - | - | - | 18 | 74 | 102 |
| F | 176 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 79 | 88 | |
| Diabetes | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| F | 12 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage etc: | M | 65 | - | - | - | 3 | 20 | 42 |
| F | 130 | - | - | - | 5 | 30 | 95 | |
| Heart diseases | M | 364 | - | - | - | 12 | 75 | 277 |
| F | 375 | - | - | - | 8 | 40 | 327 | |
| Other circulatory diseases | M | 39 | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 26 |
| F | 36 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 27 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 60 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 13 | 44 |
| F | 72 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 11 | 59 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | M | 74 | l3 | 8 | - | 2 | 19 | 32 |
| F | 94 | 13 | 1 | - | 6 | 24 | 50 | |
| Other repiratory diseases | M | 12 | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| F | 18 | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | M | 27 | - | - | - | 7 | 14 | 6 |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Appendicitis | M | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Other digestive' diseases | M | 29 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| F | 32 | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 20 | |
| Nephritis | M | 27 | - | - | - | 3 | 11 | 13 |
| F | 37 | - | - | - | 6 | 14 | 17 | |
| Puerperal sepsis | F | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Other maternal causes | F | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - |
| Congenital debility, malformations, | M | 31 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | _ |
| premature birth, etc: | F | 20 | 16 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| Suicide | M | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| F | 10 | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| Road traffic accidents | M | 9 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | |
| Other violent causes | M | 108 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 32 |
| F | 88 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 35 | |
| All other causes | M | 76 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 38 |
| F | 79 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 43 | |
| Totals | 2538 | 90 | 49 | 31 | 266 | 634 | 1468 |
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