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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 1972
[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 -4 | 5 -14 | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35 -44 | 45 -54 | 55 -64 | 65 -74 | 75 & over | |||||
| B4 Enteritis and other Diarrhoeal Diseases | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| B5 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| B6(1) Late effects of Respiratory T.B. | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| B6(2) Other Tuberculosis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| B11 Meningococcal Infection | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| B17 Syphilis and its Sequelae | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | |
| B18 Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 31 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 1 | ||
| B19(1) Malignant Neoplasm Buccal Cavity etc. | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |
| B19(2) Malignant Neoplasm Oesophagus | M | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| F | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| B19(3) Malignant Neoplasm Stomach | M | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| F | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||
| B19(4) Malignant Neoplasm Intestine | M | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 18 | 12 |
| F | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | |
| B19(5) Malignant Neoplasm Larynx | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | • | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | • | |
| B19(6) Malignant Neoplasm Lung, Bronchus | M | 180 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | 53 | 73 | 39 |
| F | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 10 | |
| B19(7) Malignant Neoplasm Breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | - |
| F | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 27 | |
| B19(8) Malignant Neoplasm Uterus | F | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| B19(9) Malignant Neoplasm Prostate | M | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| B19(10) Leukaemia | M | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 17 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | 5 | |
| B19(11) Other Malignant Neoplasms | M | 92 | - | •- | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 23 |
| F | 110 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 39 | |
| B20 Benign and Unspecified Neoplasms | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 791 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 65 | 192 | 246 | 249 | ||
| B21 Diabetes Mellitis | M | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| F | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| B46(1) Other Endocrine etc. Diseases | M | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| B23 Anaemias | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | |
| B46(3) Mental Disorders | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | |