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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 1966
[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 | |||||
| 1. Tuberculosis, (Respiratory) | M | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| F | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | |
| 2. Tuberculosis (other forms) | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3. Syphilitic Disease | M | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| F | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | |
| 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 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| 43 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | ||
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 11 | 18 | 15 |
| F | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | |
| 11. Malignant Neoplism, Lung, Bronchus | M | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 17 | 53 | 61 | 36 |
| F | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | |
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 25 | |
| 13. Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | F | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 14. Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 187 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 41 | 54 | 62 |
| F | 208 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 33 | 57 | 83 | |
| 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 13 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 |
| F | 19 | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 842 | – | – | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 89 | 188 | 252 | 266 | ||
| 16. Diabetes | M | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 |
| F | 15 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 10 | |
| 17. Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | M | 200 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 64 | 92 |
| F | 315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 8 | 31 | 83 | 190 | |
| 18. Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 455 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 14 | 46 | 135 | 124 | 135 |
| F | 305 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | 18 | 78 | 200 | |
| 19. Hypertension with Heart Disease | M | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| F | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| 20. Other Heart Disease | M | 117 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 70 |
| F | 281 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 207 | |
| 21. Other Circulatcry Disease | M | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | 22 | 42 |
| F | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 118 | |
| 1,409 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 205 | 216 | 791 | ||