London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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WARD STATISTICS
| WARDS. | EstimatedPopulation | 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 | 17200 | 318 | 183 | 18.5 | 10.6 | 31 | — . | — | 0.81 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 5.23 | 0.23 | 2.27 | + 135 |
| Norbury | 16050 | 179 | 153 | 11.2 | 9.5 | 34 | 0.06 | — | 1.00 | 0.44 | — | 4.11 | 0.25 | 1.93 | + 26 |
| West Thornton | 19250 | 300 | 192 | 15.6 | 10.0 | 17 | — | 0.05 | 0.73 | 0.36 | 0.05 | 4.73 | 0.10 | 2.13 | + 103 |
| Bensham Manor | 16050 | 291 | 177 | 18.1 | 11.0 | 17 | — | 0.12 | 1.31 | 0.25 | — | 5.92 | — | 1.74 | + 114 |
| Thornton Heath | 18100 | 324 | 176 | 17.9 | 9.7 | 19 | - | '— | 0.72 | 0.55 | 0.06 | 4.14 | — | 2.43 | + 148 |
| South Norwood | 17200 | 342 | 202 | 19.9 | 11.7 | 41 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.87 | 0.70 | 0.06 | 5.47 | 0.12 | 1.98 | + 140 |
| Woodside | 16150 | 284 | 182 | 17.6 | 11.3 | 21 | - | 0.12 | 0.87 | 0.37 | — | 6.07 | 0.06 | 1.86 | + 102 |
| East | 16700 | 307 | 200 | 18.4 | 12.0 | 33 | — | 0.12 | 1.03 | 0.48 | 0.06 | 5.27 | 0.12 | 2.22 | + 107 |
| Addiscombe | 16050 | 348 | 189 | 21.7 | 11.8 | 34 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.93 | 0.56 | 0.06 | 4.67 | 0.12 | 2.63 | + 159 |
| Whitehbrse Manor | 1620 | 321 | 180 | 19.8 | 11.1 | 28 | - | — | 1.29 | 0.37 | 0.03 | 5.85 | 0.24 | 1.60 | + 141 |
| Broad Green | 17150 | 293 | 159 | 17.1 | 9.3 | 34 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.99 | 0.58 | — | 3.85 | 0.06 | 1.81 | + 134 |
| Central | 12053 | 209 | 167 | 17.3 | 13.9 | 14 | — | 0.08 | 1.58 | 0.33 | - | 6.47 | 0.08 | 2.81 | + 42 |
| Waddon | 17850 | 305 | 166 | 17.1 | 9.3 | 20 | — | — | 0.62 | 0.39 | 0.06 | 4.31 | — | 2.02 | + 139 |
| South | 15050 | 303 | 185 | 20.1 | 12.3 | 26 , | 0.07 | — | 0.93 | 0.33 | — | 5.91 | 0.20 | 2.13 | + 118 |
| Addington | 15900 | 383 | 130 | 24.1 | 8.2 | 23 | — | 0.06 | 1.00 | 0.31 | — | 3.46 | 0.19 | 1.51 | +253 |
| The Borough | 247000 | *4507 | 2648 | 18.2 | 10.7 | 27 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.96 | 0.42 | 0.03 | 4.99 | 0.13 | 2.06 | +1866 |
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*These are the corrected totals.