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Croydon 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The death rate in England and Wales in 1908 was
14.7 per thousand, which was 0.3 per thousand below
the rate in 1907, lower than the rate in any other year
on record; compared with the average rate in the ten
years 1898-1907, the death rate in 1908 shows a
decrease of 1.7 per thousand.
Mortality.*
| Parish. | Population estimated to middle of 1908. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | ||
| Addington | 690 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 5.7 | 10.1 | 2.9 |
| Beddington | 8000 | 45 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 56 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 7.0 |
| Coulsdon | 8800 | 41 | 39 | 79 | 69 | 88 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 10.0 |
| Mitcham | 26700 | 247 | 270 | 308 | 286 | 330 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 11.0 | 12.3 |
| Morden | 1180 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 6.3 | 14.4 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 8.4 |
| Sanderstead | 2580 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 10.3 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 5.0 |
| Wallington | 8500 | 74 | 62 | 96 | 76 | 77 | 10.7 | 7.8 | 11.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Woodmansterne | 1150 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 6.9 |
| 57600 | 446 | 449 | 561 | 529 | 584 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 10.1 | |
* Exclusive of deaths of non-residents occurring in public institutions in the
District, but inclusive of deaths of residents occurring in public institutions
outside the District.
N.B.—The number of deaths occurring to non-residents in public institutions
In the District in 1908 was 161.
Mortality at Different Ages.
Infantile Mortality.—The number of infants under
the age of one year who died during 1908 was 126, as
against 170 in 1907, 199 in 1906, 138 in 1905, 158
in 1904, 109 in 1903, the infantile mortality rate,
therefore, being 84 per thousand births, as against 103
in 1907, 124 in 1906, 98 in 1905, 123 in 1904, 94 in
1903, and an average of 117 in the ten years 1898 to
1907.