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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 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: REGISTRAR GENERAL' S TABLE OF DEATHS ACCORDING TO CAUSE, AGE AND SEX

REGISTRAR GENERAL' S TABLE OF DEATHS ACCORDING TO CAUSE, AGE AND SEX

Sex0-1.5-15-25-45-65-75-Total
All CausesM473139343894175401,452
F33348282Z73489 341,585
Tuberculosis (Respiratory)M----165416
P---1-3318
Tuberculosis (other forms)M....----.
F----1---1
Syphilitic DiseasesM-----1225
P-----1-23
DiphtheriaM P---------
Whooping CoughM P
Meningococcal InfectionsK P
Acute PoliomyelitisM P
MeaslesM.
P1-1
Other Infectlye and Parasitic diseasesM--...2.-2
F123
Total Infective and Parasitic diseases (including Tuberculosis)1213121139
Malignant neoplasm, stomachM___21016432
F-----751830
” ” lung,bronchusM__-.4685014136
P----188421
" ” breastM_._..1.-1
P----52191651
" " uterusP----264416
Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasmsM--1-5475343149
P1--12495064167
Leukaemia; aleukaemisM_1211-218
F1111124112
Total all forms of Cancer224323219201169623
DiabetesM----1225
P-1---269
Vascular lesions of Nervous SystemM_••2184386149
P---52866195294
(a) Coronary disease, anginaM---510811390316
P---13175122229
(b) Hypertension, with heart diseaseM.---361120
P----254148
(c) Other heart diseasesH-•-216146395
P--121423164204
(d) Other circulatory diseasesM---111132247
P--1-3177495
Total heart and circulatorydiseases--12182353798761,511