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Croydon 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SECTION II.
TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of whole District during 1921 and previous years.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Uncorrected Number. | Births. | Total Deaths Reg. in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett deaths belonging to the District. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| of Non-residents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Nett. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate * | ||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate* | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1907. | 154,342 | 3967 | 25.7 | 1953 | 12.5 | 149 | 97 | 371 | 94 | 1901 | 12.3 | |
| 1908. | 157,698 | 4017 | 25.5 | 2053 | 13.0 | 137 | 105 | 398 | 99 | 2021 | 12.8 | |
| 1909. | 161,078 | 3938 | 24.4 | 1974 | 12.3 | 165 | 70 | 313 | 79 | 1879 | 11.7 | |
| 1910. | 166,884 | 3810 | 22.8 | 1817 | 10.9 | 145 | 111 | 331 | 87 | 1783 | 10.7 | |
| 1911. | 170,451 | 3760 | 3748 | 22.0 | 2069 | 12 .1 | 177 | 130 | 395 | 105 | 2022 | 11.9 |
| 1912. | 174,257 | 3861 | 3859 | 22.1 | 1934 | 11.1 | 200 | 159 | 297 | 77 | 1893 | 10.8 |
| 1913. | 178,094 | 3890 | 3895 | 21.8 | 2110 | 11.8 | 204 | 190 | 368 | 94 | 2096 | 11.7 |
| 1914. | 181,956 | 4027 | 4007 | 22.0 | 2041 | 11.2 | 234 | 177 | 319 | 79 | 1984 | 10.9 |
| 1915. | 177,345 | 3699 | 3704 | 20.8 | 2463 | 13.8 | 269 | 221 | 307 | 83 | 2415 | 13.6 |
| 1916. | 175,765 | 3589 | 3636 | 20.6 | 2207 | 12.5 | 253 | 197 | 281 | 77 | 2151 | 12.2 |
| 1917.† | 186,917 | 2836 | 2861 | 15.3 | 2207 | 11.8 | 262 | 219 | 249 | 87 | 2164 | 11.09 |
| 1918.‡ | 188,755 | 2632 | 2626 | 13.9 | 2687 | 15.9 | 388 | 24o | 202 | 76 | 2544 | 15.1 |
| 1919.|| | 191,922 | 3008 | 2965 | 15.4 | 2287 | 12.4 | 312 | 197 | 219 | 73 | 2172 | 11.7 |
| 1920 § | 191,820 | 4434 | 4351 | 22.6 | 2225 | 11.6 | 299 | 209 | 275 | 63 | 2134 | 11.1 |
| 1921. | 191,500 | 3713 | 3631 | 18.9 | 2115 | 11.0 | 283 | 222 | 269 | 74 | 2064 | 10.7 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
†Registrar General's estimate of civilian population.
‡Registrar General's estimate of civilian population for death rate, 168,462.
|| ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, death rate, 184,239
§ „ ,, „ „ 191,580
Census, 1921.
Total population at all ages, 190,877.
Number of structurally seperate sets of premises intended or used for
habitation, 41,923 (of which 1,283 were vacant when the census
was taken in June.)
Average number of persons per house, 4 7.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 9,012.