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Croydon 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table III.
DEATHS REGISTERED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1934. CLASSIFIED BY AGE AND CAUSE.
| CAUSES OF DEATH I | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents," whether occurring within or without the District. | Total Deaths whether of " Residents " or " non. Residents " in Institutions in the District. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | |||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | |||
| All Causes | Certified | 2571 | 145 | 26 | 38 | 60 | 84 | 101 | 119 | 254 | 413 | 1331 | 1006 |
| Uncertified | |||||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Small Pox | |||||||||||||
| Measles | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 | |||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | 24 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| Influenza (excl. Influenzal Pneu'nia) | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
| Erysipela | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Tetanus | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 144 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 37 | 32 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 48 | |||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Disease | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 371 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 67 | 96 | 184 | 154 | |||||
| Acute Rheumatism and Rheumatic Fever | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Cerebro.Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | |||||||||||||
| Other Forms of Meningitis (not T. B.) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Locomotor Ataxy | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| General Paralysis of the Insane | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 186 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 150 | 62 | ||||||
| Other Diseases of the Nervous Sys'm | 111 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 69 | 26 | ||||
| Senile Decay | 78 | 78 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Diabetes | 24 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | |||||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 591 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 90 | 431 | 206 | |||
| Arterio.Sclerosis | 47 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 27 | ||||||||
| Aneurism | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Other Diseases of the Circulatory System | |||||||||||||
| 28 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| Bronchitis, Acute | 25 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 3 | ||||||||
| Bronchitis, Chronic | 68 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 50 | 13 | ||||||
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| Pneumonia (other forms) | 199 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 77 | 94 | |
| Other Diseases of the Respiratory System | |||||||||||||
| 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| Appendicitis, Typhlitis, and Peritonitis | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | |||
| Cirrhosis of the Liver | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Alcoholism | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Other Diseases of the Digestive Sy'm Nephritis and Blight's Disease | 75 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 41 | |||
| 75 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 14 | ||||||||
| Other Diseases of the Urinary Sys'm Puerperal Fever | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 23 | ||||||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | |||||||||||||
| Other Diseases and Accidents of Pregnancy and Parturition | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malforma'n Premature Birth | 33 | 31 | 2 | 17 | |||||||||
| 34 | 34 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Venereal Diseases | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| Other Diseases of the Reproductive System (Non.Malignant) | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Violent Deaths (excluding Suicide) | 91 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 60 | ||
| 37 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 9 | ||||||
| All other Defined Diseases | 73 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | |
| Diseases Ill-defined or unknown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| All Causes | 2571 | 145 | 26 | 38 | 60 | 84 | 101 | 119 | 254 | 413 | 1331 | 1006 | |
The deaths entered in the last column include deaths of non.residents of
the Borough.