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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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WARD STATISTICS
| WARDS | Estimated Population | Births | Deaths | Birth Rate | Death Rate | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births | Death Rate from Si x Zymotic Dis-eases (excluding Di arrhoea) | Death Rate from Diarrhoea (under two years) | Death Rate from Bronchi ti s and Pneumonia | Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosi s | Death Rate from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosi s | Death Rate from Heart and Ci rcu-lation Diseases | Death Rate from Cancer | Natural Increase or Decrease of Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | 17739 | 194 | 190 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 36 | - | - | 1.35 | 0.11 | - | 4. 34 | 2. 14 | + 4 |
| Norbury | 16552 | 154 | 153 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 13 | - | - | 1. 39 | 0.06 | - | 3. 99 | 1.57 | + 1 |
| West Thornton | 16098 | 229 | 147 | 14. 2 | 9. 1 | 4 | - | - | 1. 24 | 0.12 | - | 3.54 | 1.68 | + 82 |
| Bensham Manor | 17517 | 193 | 134 | 11.0 | 7.6 | 21 | - | 0.06 | 0.86 | 0.17 | - | 2.74 | 1.37 | + 59 |
| Thornton Heath | 16322 | 234 | 127 | 14.3 | 7.8 | 17 | - | - | 1.16 | 0.06 | - | 3.31 | 1. 29 | +107 |
| South Norwood | 16514 | 234 | 163 | 14. 2 | 9.9 | 17 | - | - | 1. 51 | 0.06 | - | 3. 39 | 2. 24 | + 71 |
| Woodside | 14946 | 229 | 139 | 15.3 | 9.3 | 17 | - | - | 1.94 | 0.07 | - | 3. 21 | 1.74 | + 90 |
| East | 16476 | 175 | 154 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 11 | - | - | 1.09 | 0.06 | - | 4. 13 | 2.06 | + 21 |
| Shirley | 12205 | 168 | 91 | 13.8 | 7. 5 | 6 | - | - | 0. 49 | 0. 16 | - | 2.95 | 1.64 | + 77 |
| Addiscombe | 16128 | 241 | 164 | 14. 9 | 10. 1 | 25 | - | - | 1. 12 | 0.06 | - | 4. 22 | 2. 11 | + 77 |
| Whitehorse Manor | 13775 | 256 | 141 | 18.6 | 10. 2 | 31 | - | - | 1.81 | 0. 14 | 0.07 | 3.99 | 1.67 | + 115 |
| Broad Green | 13899 | 207 | 138 | 14.9 | 9.9 | 15 | - | - | 1.94 | 0.36 | - | 3.02 | 2. 23 | + 69 |
| Central | 11806 | 161 | 124 | 13.6 | 10.5 | 25 | - | - | 1.95 | 0. 17 | 0. 17 | 3.56 | 2.12 | + 37 |
| Waddon | 157 28 | 20 2 | 126 | 12.8 | 8.0 | 15 | - | - | 1.08 | - | - | 3.50 | 1. 27 | + 76 |
| South | 16995 | 212 | 201 | 12. 5 | 11.8 | 19 | - | - | 1. 24 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 4.88 | 2. 12 | + 11 |
| Addington | 17100 | 479 | 59 | 28.0 | 3.5 | 23 | - | - | 0. 47 | 0.12 | - | 0.88 | 0.70 | +420 |
| The Borough | 249800 | 3568 | 2638 | 14. 3 | 9.5 | 19 | - | - | 1. 49 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 4.00 | 1.95 | +930 |
Deaths occurring in Queen's Hospital are not included in the Ward figures as they are no longer
allocated to the home address