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 1957
[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 Six Zymotic Diseases (excluding Diarrhoea) | Death Rate from Diarrhoea (under two years) | Death Rate from Bronchitis and Pneumonia | Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosls | Death Rate from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosi s | Death Rate from Heart and Circulatory Diseases | Death Rate from Cancer | Natural Increase of births over deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | 17460 | 195 | 196 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 15 | - | - | 1.09 | 0.11 | - | 4.41 | 2.00 | - 1 |
| Norbury | 16280 | 138 | 156 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 7 | - | - | 0.74 | 0.25 | - | 3.81 | 1.66 | - 18 |
| West Thornton | 15826 | 248 | 136 | 15.7 | 8.6 | 24 | - | - | 0.88 | 0.06 | - | 3.29 | 2.09 | + 112 |
| Bensham Manor | 17238 | 209 | 215 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 19 | - | - | 0.93 | 0.06 | - | 3.65 | 2.55 | - 6 |
| Thornton Heath | 16048 | 209 | 162 | 13.0 | 10.1 | 24 | - | - | 1.25 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 3.74 | 1.80 | + 47 |
| South Norwood | 16240 | 262 | 160 | 16. ] | 9.9 | 19 | - | - | 1.11 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 3.69 | 1.97 | + 102 |
| Woodside | 14680 | 194 | 154 | 13.2 | 10. 5 | 15 | - | - | 1.57 | 0.14 | - | 3.00 | 2. 11 | + 40 |
| East | 16892 | 147 | 179 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 7 | - | - | 0.53 | 0.12 | - | 4.20 | 2.43 | - 32 |
| Shirley | 12846 | 136 | 94 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 22 | - | - | 0. 70 | - | - | 3.81 | 1.79 | + 42 |
| Addlscorn be | 15856 | 227 | 187 | 14.3 | 11.8 | 13 | - | - | 1.51 | 0.19 | - | 3.97 | 2.96 | + 40 |
| Whltehorse Manor | 13516 | 231 | 157 | 17.9 | 11.6 | 30 | - | - | 1.92 | 0.22 | - | 3. 48 | 2.74 | + 74 |
| Broad Green | 13640 | 250 | 129 | 18.3 | 9.5 | 16 | - | - | 1.25 | 0.07 | - | 2.86 | 2.57 | + 121 |
| Central | 11048 | 164 | 132 | 14.8 | 11.9 | 18 | - | - | 1.00 | 0. 18 | - | 4.71 | 2.72 | + 32 |
| Waddon | 1546 1 | 177 | 145 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 11 | - | - | 1.42 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 4.07 | 2.13 | + 32 |
| South | 16717 | 217 | 244 | 13.0 | 14.6 | 14 | - | - | 1.26 | 0.06 | - | 5. 08 | 2.39 | - 27 |
| Addlngton | 19752 | 506 | 75 | 25.6 | 3. 8 | 20 | 0. 05 | 0. 10 | 0.20 | - | 0. 05 | 1. 11 | 0.91 | + 431 |
| The Borough | 249500 | 35 10 | 2952 | 14.1 | 11.8 | 18 | 0. 00 | 0. 00 | 1.30 | 0. 16 | 0.02 | 4. 15 | 2. 37 | + 989 |
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Deaths occurring In Queen* s Hospital are not Included In the Ward figures as they are no longer
allocated to the homo address