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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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with the average in the 10 preceding years, 1898.1907,
the birth rate in 1908 shows a decrease of 1.6 per
thousand.
Registered Births and Birth Rates.
| Parish. | Estimated Population middle of 1908. | Registered Births. | Birth Rates. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | ||
| Addington | 690 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 18.5 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 10.1 | 15.9 |
| Beddington | 8000 | 144 | 123 | 157 | 162 | 176 | 27.8 | 21.0 | 22.2 | 22.8 | 22.0 |
| Coulsdon | 8800 | 149 | 150 | 183 | 163 | 200 | 23.1 | 21.2 | 23.2 | 19.1 | 22.7 |
| Mitcham | 26700 | 542 | 642 | 721 | 716 | 863 | 31.8 | 31.1 | 31.9 | 27.7 | 32.3 |
| Morden | 1180 | 24 | 20 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 21.8 | 19.5 | 28.2 | 21.8 | 22.0 |
| Sanderstead | 2580 | 28 | 28 | 35 | 49 | 53 | 18.0 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 16.5 | 20.6 |
| Wallington | 8500 | 142 | 155 | 155 | 138 | 139 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 18.5 | 16.4 | 16.0 |
| Woodmansterne | 1150 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 44 | 19 | 31.2 | 27.2 | 30.5 | 41.5 | 16.5 |
| 57600 | 1065 | 1150 | 1320 | 1303 | 1487 | 273 | 25.7 | 267 | 24.6 | 25.8 | |
Deaths.
Exclusive of those Deaths which occurred in Public
Institutions situated within the district, the deaths
registered during the year numbered 584. This number
includes those persons from within the district who died
outside, either at the Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary,
or at the General Hospital at Croydon; the Surrey
County Asylum at Brookwood; the Cottage Hospital at
Carshalton; or the Council's Isolation Hospital at
Beddington Corner. The number of these Deaths was 106.
The mortality corresponds to a death rate of 10.1 per
thousand of population, as against 9.7 in 1907, 11.3 in
1906, 9.6 in 1905, 11.0 in 1904, and 10.4 in 1903, and
as against an average of 11.3 during the ten years
1907-1898.