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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 1945
[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 | 1221 | 81 | 14 | 12 | 81 | 347 | 686 |
| F | 1292 | 07 | 14 | 11 | 87 | 247 | 866 | |
| Diphtheria | M | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | M | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Encephalitis Acute Infectious | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| F | 2 | 1 | -_ | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Measles | M | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | _ | - |
| F | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Influenza | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis (respiratory) | M | 45 | - | - | - | 21 | 18 | 6 |
| F | 29 | - | - | - | 24 | 5 | - | |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | M | 8 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - |
| F | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| Syphilitic diseases | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 |
| F | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | |
| Cancer | M | 221 | - | 2 | 1 | 12 | 96 | 110 |
| F | 243 | - | - | - | 9 | 108 | 126 | |
| Diabetes | M | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 |
| F | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | |
| Intra cranial vascular lesions | M | 104 | - | - | - | 1 | 25 | 78 |
| F | 148 | -- | - | - | - | 17 | 131 | |
| Heart diseases | M | 352 | - | - | - | 8 | 65 | 279 |
| F | 429 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 37 | 382 | |
| Other circulatory diseases | M | 22 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 12 |
| F | 28 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 22 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 93 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 29 | 56 |
| F | 48 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | 36 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | M | 59 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 21 |
| F | 58 | 8 | 3 | - | 4 | 9 | 34 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | M | 14 | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| F | 10 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | M | 27 | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 12 |
| F | 9 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | M | 17 | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| F | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Appendicitis | M | 5 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Other digestive diseases | M | 23 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| F | 29 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |
| Nephritis | M | 20 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| F | 21 | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| Puerperal sepsis | F | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Other maternal causes | F | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| Congenital debility, malformations, premature birth, etc. | M | 39 | 35 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| F | 50 | 46 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Suicide | M | 12 | - | - | - | 1' | 6 | 5 |
| F | 11 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Road traffic accidents | M | 13 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| F | 8 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | |
| Other violent causes | M | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| F | 37 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 29 | |
| All other causes | M | 101 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 59 |
| F | 80 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 44 | |
| Totals | 2513 | 148 | 28 | 23 | 168 | 594 | 1552 |