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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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1942 showed a decrease in the general death rate and an increase in the birth rate.
| WARDS. | Estimated Population. | Births. | Deaths. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births. | Death Rate from Six Zymotic Diseases (excluding Diarrhoea) | Death Rate from Diarrhoea. | Death Rate from Bronchitis and Pneumonia. | Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Death Rate from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Death Rate from Heart and Circulation Diseases. | Death Rate from Nervous Diseases. | Death Rate from Cancer. | Natural Increase or Decrease of Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | 12939 | 142 | 174 | 11.0 | 13.4 | 63 | — | 0.15 | 1.85 | 0.62 | 0.08 | 4.48 | 0.62 | 2.16 | — 32 |
| Norbury | 12988 | 127 | 168 | 9.8 | 12.9 | 47 | — | 0.15 | 1.15 | 0.31 | — | 5.16 | 0.54 | 2.39 | — 41 |
| West Thornton | 15845 | 201 | 164 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 45 | — | 0.06 | 1.14 | 0.69 | 0.13 | 3.22 | 0.25 | 1.89 | + 37 |
| Bensham Manor | 12941 | 203 | 189 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 44 | — | 0.08 | 1.31 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 5.41 | 0.77 | 2.78 | |
| Thornton Heath | 14585 | 245 | 180 | 16.8 | 12.3 | 33 | - | 0.07 | 2.19 | 0.41 | 0.14 | 4.80 | 0.55 | 1.78 | + 65 |
| South Norwood | 14255 | 297 | 174 | 20.8 | 12.2 | 27 | - | 0.28 | 1.26 | 0.42 | 0.07 | 3.79 | 0.49 | 1.33 | + 123 |
| Woodside | 12990 | 194 | 145 | 14.9 | 11.2 | 41 | — | 0.08 | 1.08 | 0.31 | — | 3.46 | 0.62 | 2.31 | + 49 |
| East | 13028 | 241 | 153 | 18.5 | 11.7 | 32 | — | 0.08 | 1.07 | 0.46 | 0.08 | 3.99 | 0.69 | 1.77 | + 88 |
| Addiscombe | 13179 | 242 | 188 | 18.4 | 14.3 | 33 | 0.08 | — | 1.90 | 0.61 | 0.08 | 5.16 | 0.30 | 1.59 | + 54 |
| Whitehorse Manor | 13513 | 201 | 165 | 14.9 | 12.2 | 75 | — | 1.04 | 0.81 | 0.30 | 4.22 | 0.67 | 1.85 | + 36 | |
| Broad Green | 13914 | 219 | 165 | 15.7 | 11.9 | 69 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 1.94 | 0.50 | 0.07 | 3.38 | 0.58 | 2.37 | + 54 |
| Central | 9815 | 94 | 150 | 9.6 | 15.3 | 85 | — | 0.10 | 1.12 | 0.61 | 0.10 | 4.99 | 0.41 | 4.08 | -56 |
| Waddon | 14784 | 333 | 133 | 22.5 | 9.0 | 42 | — | — | 1.08 | 0.61 | 0.07 | 3.18 | 0.47 | 1.35 | +200 |
| South | 12200 | 182 | 170 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 33 | — | 0.08 | 2.46 | 0.90 | 0.08 | 4.84 | 0.25 | 2.46 | + 12 |
| Addington | 8624 | 239 | 77 | 27.7 | 8.9 | 21 | — | — | 0.70 | 0.81 | — | 3.25 | 0.23 | 1.51 | + 162 |
| The Borough | 195600 | *3471 | *2398 | 17.7 | 12.3 | 39 | - | 0.08 | 1.44 | 0.54 | 0.09 | 4.18 | 0.50 | 2.07 | +765 |
*These are the corrected totals.