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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 1961

[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 CAUSESM329811554003685961,479
F31459362382959921,610
Tuberculosis (Respiratory)M----156517
F-•--1-214
Tuberculosis (other forms)M---------
F---------
Syphilitic DiseasesM_-___-2--
F-----2-68
DiphtheriaM---------
F---------
Whooping CoughH---------
F---------
Meningococcal InfectionsM---------
F---------
Acute PoliomyelitisM-1------1
F---1----1
MeaslesM---------
F---------
Other Infective and Parasitic diseasesM-------11
F----3-115
Total Infective and Parasitic diseases (including Tuberculosis)-1-157111439
Malignant neoplasm, stomachM-___213131341
F-----6121331
lung, bronchusM----6653519125
F-----812424
breastM••_----11
F---53141959
uterusF----6119834
Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasm sM1117483260150
F-117532743132
Leukaemia; aleukaenisM--21232111
F----4116
Total all forms of Cancer-24235242147182614
DiabetesM-..---246
F--1--258
Vascular lesions of Nervous SystemM----2323382149
F---32154248326
(a) Coronary disease, anginaM-___811792119336
F----22360174259
(b) Hypertension, with heart diseaseM35917
F-----232631
(c) Other heart diseasesM----3162776122
F----11732175225
(d) Other circulatory diseasesM----211233066
F-----10115273
Total heart and circulatorydiseases---12125234410001,618