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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Mortality.
| Parish. | Population esti-mated to middle of 1910. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | ||
| Addington | 695 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5.7 | 10.1 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 8.6 |
| Beddington | 9840 | 48 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 77 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.8 |
| Coulsdon | 9900 | 79 | 69 | 88 | 49 | 76 | 100 | 8.1 | 100 | 5.2 | 7.6 |
| Mitcham | 28400 | 308 | 286 | 330 | 318 | 282 | 13.6 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 9.9 |
| Morden | 1.220 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 9.9 |
| Sanderstead | 2880 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Wallington | 9480 | 96 | 76 | 77 | 80 | 90 | 11.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.4 |
| Woodmansterne | 1185 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 6.7 |
| 63600 | 561 | 529 | 584 | 545 | 567 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | |
*Exclusive of deaths of non.residents occurring in public institutions in the
District, but inclusive of deaths of residents occurring in public institution!
outside the District.
N.B.—The number of deaths occurring to non residents in public institutions
in the District in 1910 was 163.
Mortality at Different Ages.
Infantile Mortality.—The number of infants under
the age of one year who died during 1910 was 98, as
against 130 in 1909, 120 in 1908, 170 in 1907, 199 in
1906, 138 in 1905, and ]58 in 1904, the infantile
mortality rate, therefore, being 67 per thousand births,
as against 85 in 1909, 84 in 1908, 103 in 1907, 124 in
1906, and 98 in 1905, and an average of 104.6 in the
ten years 1900 to 1909.
The deaths of children under the age of one year,
numbering 98, gives a percentage rate of 17.2 of the
deaths at all ages, as against 23.8 in 1909, 21.5 in 1908,
26.1 in 1907, 29.3 in 1906, and 26.0 in 1905.