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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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| 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- | 75& over | |||||
| 22. Influenza | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| F | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | ||
| 23. pneumonia | M | 73 | 4 | 7 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 5 | 20 | 34 | |
| F | 95 | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 4 | 16 | 7 1 | |
| 24. Bronchitis | M | 106 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 4 | 23 | 39 | 38 |
| F | 5 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 5 | 7 | 39 | ||
| 25, Other Diseases of Respiratory system | M | 8 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | 3 | _ |
| 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | |||
| Total diseases of Respiratory system -including influenza and excluding tuberculos | 336 | 5 | 8 | 3 | _ | 1 | _ | 3 | 6 | 41 | 86 | 183 | |
| 26. Dicer of stomach and Duodenum | M | 12 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| F | 9 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 6 | |
| 27. Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | M | 7 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 3 | |
| F | 10 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 | 5 | ||
| 38. Nephritis and Nephrosis | M | 8 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 4 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 3 | |
| 29. Hyperplasia of Prostate | M | 11 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth Abortion | F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| 31. Congenital Malformations | M | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ |
| F | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | |
| 32. Other Defined and Ill-defined diseases | M | 93 | 20 | 2 | 2 | _ | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 7 | 20 | 51 |
| F | 158 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | _ | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 75 | |
| Total Miscellaneous diseases | 329 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 62 | 126 | |
| 33. Motor Vehicle accidents | M | 23 | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | fi | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| F | 11 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 34. All Other Accidents | M | 17 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| F | 24 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | |
| 35. Suicide | M | 31 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 1 | 2 | 4 |
| F | 18 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | M | 3 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| f | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| Total - accidents, suicide and violence | 129 | 1 | _ | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 38 | |
| total all causes | m | 1, 382 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 102 | 297 | 377 | 476 |
| F | 1, 489 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 75 | 155 | 297 | 870 | |
| 2, 871 | 55 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 83 | 177 | 452 | 674 | 1,346 | ||