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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 1964
[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
| CAUSE OF DEATH | Sex | Total all ages | Under 4 Weeks | 4 weeks and under 1 year | AGE IN YEARS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 756 over | ||||||
| 1. | Tuberculosis, (Respiratory) | M | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | ||
| 2. | Tuberculosis (other forms) | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 3. | Syphilitic Disease | M | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – |
| F | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||
| 4. | Diphtheria | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 5. | Whooping Cough | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 6. | Meningococcal Infections | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 7. | Acute Poliomyelitis | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 8. | Measles | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 9. | Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |||
| – | 26 | – | – | 1 | – | _ | 1 | 2 | _ | 9 | 7 | |||
| 10. | Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 7 |
| F | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 11. | Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 16 | 56 | 64 | 29 |
| F | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 12.. | Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | – | 1 |
| F | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 19 | ||
| 13. | Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | F | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |
| 14. | Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 128 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 41 | |
| F | 173 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 44 | 75 | ||
| 15. | Leukaemia,Aleukaemia | M | 8 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 8 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 3 | ||
| 667 | – | – | 2 | – | 7 | 7 | 23 | 63 | 168 | 201 | 196 | |||
| 16. | Diabetes | M | 8 | _ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| F | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 17. | Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | M | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 77 |
| F | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 186 | ||
| 18. | Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 33 | 89 | 61 | 103 |
| F | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 130 | ||
| 19. | Hypertension with Heart Disease | M | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| F | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 7 | |||
| 20. | Other Heart Disease | M | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 66 |
| F | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 137 | ||
| 21. | Other Circulatory Disease | M | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
| F | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 35 | |||
| – | 1,384 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 25 | 77 | 171 | 306 | 797 | ||