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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 1967
[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- | 75 & over | |||||
| 1. Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | M | 16 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| F | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2. Tuberculosis (other forms) | M | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | ||||
| F | _ | _ | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
| 3. Syphilitic Disease | M | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | |||||
| F | 11 | _ | _ | ||||||||||
| 4. Diphtheria | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||||||
| 5. Whooping Cough | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | . | . | _ | _ | ||||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||||
| 6. Meningococcal Infection | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||||||||
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||||
| 8. Measles | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||||
| F | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 9. Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 2 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | . | _ | ||||
| F | 2 | _ | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 44 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 15 | 18 | |||
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 45 | _ | _ | 6 | 10 | 14 | ||||||
| F | 34 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | ||||||||
| 11. Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M | 177 | _ | _ | 1 | 14 | 57 | 72 | 33 | ||||
| F | 48 | _ | 9 | 15 | 16 | 8 | |||||||
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | _ | _ | _ | . | _ | _ | _ | |||||
| F | 80 | _ | 1 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 16 | ||||||
| 13. Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | F | 12 | _ | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| 14. Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 212 | _ | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 49 | 5l 42 | 63 | ||
| F | 175 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 2 | 70 | |||
| 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 7 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| F | 9 | _ | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| 799 | _ | _ | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 90 | 202 | 231 | 239 | ||
| 16. Diabetes | M | 20 | _ | _ | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| F | 20 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 2 | 49 55 | 14 | |||||
| 17. Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | M | 173 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 8 | 27 | 87 | |
| F | 307 | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 136 | 213 | ||||
| 18. Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 472 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 14 | 48 | 125 | 103 | 148 | ||
| F | 359 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 215 | |||||||
| 19. Hypertension with Heart Disease | M | 6 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| F | 25 | 2 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||
| M | 93 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| F | 226 | _ | _ | 1 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 53 | |||||
| 21. Other Circulatory Disease | M | 82 | __ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 3 | 18 | 21 | 173 | |
| F | 103 | __ | _ | _ | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 39 | ||||
| 1366 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 21 | 80 | 210 | 334 | 717 | ||