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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 1962
[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 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 6 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 12 | 58 | 83 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 21 | 87 | 124 | |
| Bronchitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 50 | 59 | 145 |
| F | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 9 | 46 | 61 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 6 | 9 | |
| Total diseases of respiratory system - including influenza and excluding tuberculosis | 9 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 61 | 99 | 268 | 446 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | - | - | - | _ | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| F | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | |
| Hyperplasia of prostate Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | M | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Congenital malformations | M | 5 | 1 | . | . | . | _ | 2 | . | 8 |
| F | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 34 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 31 | 105 |
| F | 17 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 24 | 23 | 59 | 127 | |
| Total Miscellaneous Diseases | 63 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 64 | 134 | 331 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | M | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| F | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| All other accidents | M | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| F | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | |
| Suicide | M | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| F | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | 1 | 13 | ||
| Homicide and operations of war | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total - accidents, suicide and violence | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 24 | 100 | |
| Totals | 75 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 85 | 63 2 | 734 | 16 23 | 3, 179 |