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Croydon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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To various forms of injury, whether self-inflicted
or otherwise, 23 deaths were due, in all of which cases
inquests were held. This gives a death Rate of 0.4, as
against. 0.3 last year, 0.3 in 1908, 03 in 1907, 0.3 in
1906, and 0"2 in 1905.
The Death Rate in England and Wales in 1910 was
13.4 per 1000 of estimated population, and this was 1.1
per 1000 below the rate in 1909, and lower than the
rate in any year on record. Compared with the
average in the ten years 1900-1909, the death rate in
1910 showed a decrease of 2.4 per 1000.
| Annual hate per 1000 living. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. (Cols. 4-10) | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. ; | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. ! | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Deaths under oneyear to 1000 Births. | |
| Cols. | 1. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | |
| England and Wales | 24.8 | 13.4 | 0.99 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.29 | 106 |
| 77 Great Towns | 25.0 | 14.3 | 1.23 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 115 |
| 136 smaller Towns | 23.7 | 12.9 | 0.88 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.05 | 0.26 | 104 |
| England and Wales, less the 213 Towns | 25.0 | 12.8 | 0 .74 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 96 |
| Croydon Rural District | 230 | 8.9 | 1.13 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.41 | 67 |
Deaths in Institutions.
The Deaths in Institutions situate in the District
numbered 163, as against 208 last year, 161 in 1908,
239 in 1907, 204 in 1906, and 178 in 1905.