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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 1958
[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 Diarrhoea (under two years) | •Death Rate from Bronchitis and Pneumonia | •Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis | •Death Rate from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | •Death Rate from Heart and Circulatory Diseases | •Death Rate from Cancer | Natural Increase of births over deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | 17327 | 310 | 215 | 17.9 | 12.4 | 13 | - | 1.50 | 0.06 | - | 7.27 | 1.90 | + 95 |
| Norbury | 16080 | 156 | 191 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 19 | - | 1.24 | 0.12 | - | 6.65 | 2.30 | 35 |
| West Thornton | 16826 | 230 | 168 | 13.7 | 10.0 | 26 | - | 1.37 | 0.06 | - | 4.46 | 2.56 | + 62 |
| Bensham Manor | 16838 | 210 | 207 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 14 | - | 1.90 | - | - | 6.30 | 2.26 | + 3 |
| Thornton Heath | 15848 | 240 | 176 | 15.1 | 11.1 | 21 | - | 1.51 | 0.19 | - | 5.17 | 2.59 | + 64 |
| South Norwood | 16040 | 318 | 171 | 19.8 | 10.7 | 28 | - | 0.81 | - | - | 5.60 | 2.06 | + 147 |
| Woodside | 14680 | 203 | 174 | 13.8 | 11.8 | 10 | - | 1.02 | 0.07 | - | 5.59 | 3.20 | + 29 |
| East | 16892 | 168 | 172 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 30 | - | 0.65 | - | - | 5.74 | 2.25 | 4 |
| Shirley | 12846 | 147 | 111 | 11.4 | 8.6 | 7 | - | 0.86 | - | 0.08 | 5.14 | 1.40 | + 36 |
| Addiscombe | 15723 | 255 | 209 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 8 | - | 1.45 | - | - | 7.82 | 1.97 | + 46 |
| Whitehorse Manor | 13383 | 253 | 170 | 18.9 | 12.7 | 8 | - | 2.09 | 0.15 | - | 4.71 | 2.99 | + 83 |
| Broad Green | 13440 | 225 | 178 | 16.7 | 12.2 | 9 | - | 2.23 | 0.15 | - | 6.77 | 2.46 | + 47 |
| Central | 10915 | 139 | 137 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 14 | - | 1.65 | - | - | 6.50 | 2.38 | + 2 |
| Waddon | 15461 | 228 | 189 | 14.7 | 12. 2 | 18 | - | 1.23 | 0.06 | - | 6.30 | 2.26 | + 39 |
| South | 16449 | 222 | 279 | 13.5 | 17.0 | 32 | - | 1.94 | 0.24 | - | 10.64 | 2.74 | 57 |
| Addington | 20752 | 548 | 88 | 26.4 | 4.2 | 22 | 0.05 | 0.34 | 0.05 | - | 1.69 | 0.82 | + 460 |
| The Borough | 249500 | 3852 | 2995 | 15.4 | 12.0 | 18 | 0.00 | 1.27 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 5.95 | 2. 22 | + 1017 |
Deaths occurring In Queen's Hospital are not Included in the Ward figures as they are not
allocated to the home address if the patients have been resident there for Bore than
six months.
Death Rate per 1000 population.