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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table LVIII. shows the incidence rate and death rate of all
forms of Tuberculosis for the various wards of the Borough, based on
ward populations calculated from a total population of 239,950.
The death rate for the whole Borough was 0.77.
Table LVII.
The following were the Wards from which new patients
came:—
| Ward. | Density of Population persons per acre. | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Incidence Rate per 1000 | Death Kate per 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | 20.1 | 31 | 3 | 34 | 1.5 | 0.62 |
| Norbury | 29.2 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 1.4 | 0.62 |
| West Thornton | 42.2 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 1.2 | 0.14 |
| Ben ham Manor | 49.8 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.49 |
| Thornton Heath | 50.5 | 29 | 4 | 33 | 2.1 | 1.09 |
| South Norwood | 28.8 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 1.4 | 0.62 |
| Woodside | 36.7 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 1.5 | 1.01 |
| East | 9.6 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 0.9 | 0.44 |
| Addiscombe | 48.8 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 1.2 | 1.11 |
| Whitehorse Manor | 62.9 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 1.8 | 1.30 |
| Broad Green | 68.9 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 1.5 | 0.79 |
| Central | 33.3 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1.3 | 0.41 |
| Waddon | 22.2 | 31 | 5 | 36 | 1.6 | 0.87 |
| South | 12.5 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 1.5 | 0.75 |
| Addington | 0.8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.4 | ... |
| No fixed abode | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... |
| 296 | 50 | 346 | 1.4 | 0.77 |
The Wards showing the highest incidence of new patients in
1933 were: Thornton Heath (2.1), and Whitehorse Manor (1.8).
The highest death-rates were in Whitehorse Manor (1.30) and
Addiscombe (1.11). With the relatively small figures available,
these rates are subject to wide annual variations.