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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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The rate of Mortality in England and Wales
among infants under one year of age to 1000 registered
births, was 106, which is 3 per 1000 below the rate in
1909. The rate in 1910 was lower than the rate in any
other year on record. Compared with the average in
the ten years 1900-1909, the rate of infantile mortality
in 1910 showed a decrease of 26 per 1000.
The deaths of children between the ages of one and
five years, numbering 49, gives a percentage of 8.6 of
total deaths, as against 10.4 in 1909, 12.8 in 1908, 10.7
in 1907, 12.9 in 1906, and 7.7 in 1905.
The deaths occurring in persons over 65 years of age, numbering 155, give a percentage of 27.3 of total deaths, as against 25.8 in 1909, 26.0 in 1908, 22.9 in 1907, 21.5 in 1906, and 27.4 in 1905.
| Parish. | Children under One Year. | Children between One and Five. | People over 65 Years. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | |
| Addington | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Beddington | 5 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 21 |
| Coulsdon | 22 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 18 | 15 |
| Mitcham | 92 | 92 | 84 | 62 | 37 | 48 | 41 | 29 | 53 | 69 | 69 | 72 |
| Mordeu | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | . . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Sanderstead | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Wallington | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 23 | 34 |
| Woodmansterne | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 140 | 126 | 130 | 98 | 58 | 75 | 57 | 49 | 117 | 152 | 141 | 155 |