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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Sex | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Influenza | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 13 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 82 | |
| F | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 9 | 13 | 57 | 84 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 30 | 29 | 35 | 96 |
| F | - | - | - | - | 6 | 16 | 38 | 60 | ||
| Other diseases of respiratory system | M | - | - | - | 1 | _ | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| P | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Total diseases of respiratory system - including influenza and excluding tuberculosis | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 77 | 189 | 342 | ||
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | M | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | F | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital malformations | M | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| F | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 81 |
| F | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 66 | 134 | |
| Total Miscellaneous Diseases | 56 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 48 | 118 | 293 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | M | - | - | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 | |
| F | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |
| All other accidents | M | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| F | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Suicide | M | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| F | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 19 | |
| Homicide and operations of war | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 105 | ||
| 80 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 71 | 602 | 709 | 1, 425 | 2,934 |