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Croydon 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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B. TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1897, in the Croydon Rural District, classified according to DISEASES, AGES, and LOCALITIES.

NAMES OF LOCALITIES, adopted for the purpose of these statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospitals.
Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Enteric or Typhoid Fever.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal
Last CensusEstimated to middle of 1897.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)123456789101112131234
ADDINGTON67067014Under 5..3..............................
5 upwds...23..............1........2..
BEDDINGTON2607300057Under 5..1..................2....1....
5 upwds...41....1....1..11..12....
COULSDON83354000109Under 5..1..................2..........
5 upwds...31....2........34....3..1
MERTON33603700103Under 5..5................110....3....
5 upwds...93....1........47....2....
MITCHAM1075812100389Under 5..473................73....32....
5 upwds...14313....6........951....842..
MORDEN76386027Under 5..21............................
5 upwds...................................
SANDERSTEAD50968013Under 5....1............................
5 upwds.....2........................1..
WALLINGTON3823450093Under 5..52..................3....21..
5 upwds...134....3....1....7....8....
WOODMANSTERNE40949016Under 5..................................
5 upwds.22..................2..22....
FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM, BEDDINGTON..(146) *..Under 5..................................
5 upwds...7........................1....
RUSSELL HILL SCHOOL, BEDDINGTON..(280)*..Under 5..................................
5 upwds...................................
REEDHAM ORPHANAGE, COULSDON..(300)*..Under 5..................................
5 upwds...................................
CANE HILL ASYLUM, COULSDON11152200..Under 5..................................
5 upwds.....................................
HOLBORN SCHOOLS, MITCHAM477430..Under 5..6..................2....6....
5 upwds...9................63....9....
HOLBORN WORKHOUSE, MITCHAM892750..Under 5....................................
5 upwds...................................
Totals2871733380821Under 5..707..............292....441....
5 upwds.319228....13....2..2476..311154..
(Excluding last 3 Institutions)..2623330000

*Included in Beddington and Coulsdon.