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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The rate of Mortality in England and Wales
among infants under one year of age to 1000 registered
births, was 109, which is 11 per 1000 below the rate in
1908. The rate in 1909 was lower than the rate in any
other year on record. Compared with the average in
the ten years 1899-1908, the rate of infantile mortality
in 1909 showed a decrease of 29 per 1000.
The deaths of children between the ages of one and
five years, numbering 57, gives a percentage of 10.4 of
total deaths, as against 12.8 in 1908, 10.7 in 1907, 12.9
in 1906, 7.7 in 1905, and 8.0 in 1904.
The deaths accurring in persons over 65 years of age, numbering 141, give a percentage of 25.8 of total deaths, as against 26.0 in 1908, 22.9 in 1907, 21.5 in 1906, 27.4 in 1905, and 22.8 in 1904.
| Parish. | Children under One Year. | Children between One and Five. | People over 65 Years. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1908 | |
| Addington | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Beddington | 11 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 22 |
| Coulsdon | 14 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 26 | 18 |
| Mitcham | 118 | 92 | 92 | 84 | 54 | 37 | 48 | 41 | 47 | 53 | 69 | 69 |
| Morden | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Sanderstead | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Wallington | 19 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 32 | 23 |
| Woodmansterne | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 167 | 140 | 126 | 130 | 78 | 58 | 75 | 57 | 118 | 117 | 152 | 141 |