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Croydon 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registerd during the year as having
actually occurred within the district. The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7,
corrected by the substraction of the number in Column 10, and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying
in Public Institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the
district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in Public Institutions elsewhere.
The " Public Institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons
are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, sue has hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums.
Alist of the institutions in respect of the deaths in which corrections have been made should be given on the
back of this Table.
Total population at all ages 38071
Number of inhabited houses 7027
Average number of persons per house 4.8 At Censeus of 1901.
Area of District in acres (exclusive 2766
of area covered by water)
Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District—
Cane Hill Lunatic Asylum, in the Parish of Coulsdon.
Holborn Workhouse, in the Parish of Mitcham.
Holborn Union Schools, in the Parish of Mitcham.
Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District—
Surrey County Asylum, at Brook wood.
Carshalton Cottage Hospital, at Carshalton.
Croydon Rural District Isolation Hospital, at Carshalton.
Joint Small Pox Hospital, in the Parish of Cheam.
Croydon General Hospital, at Croydon.
Croydon Infirmary and Workhouse, at Croydon.
Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District—
Russell Hill School, in the Parish of Beddington.
Royal Female Orphanage, in the Parish of Beddington.
Reedham Orphanage, in the Parish of Coulsdon.