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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| 5 years and under | 6 years | 7 years | 5 years | 9 years | 10 years | 11years | 12 years | 13 years | 14 years | 15 years | 16 years and over | TOTALS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| All Saints | 19 | 33 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 56 | 25 | 40 |
| Archbisbop Tenison's | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 12 | - | - | 11 | 10 | - | - | 44 | 53 | 9 | 21 | |||
| Ashburton | 30 | 43 | 30 | 39 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 12 | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | 33 | - | 29 | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | 4 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 | - | 5 | - | 10 | 36 | - | 2 | 28 | 106 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 5 | 2 | - | 195 | 272 | 63 | 102 |
| Benson | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 61 | 43 | 53 |
| Beulaii | 54 | 35 | 45 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 14 | - | 13 | 53 | 10 | 42 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | 128 | 87 | 98 |
| Castle Hill | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 43 | 11 | 34 | 9 | 52 | 35 | 38 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 116 | 70 | 88 | 50 |
| Oirist Church | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | |
| Moma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 52 | - | 22 | - | 21 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 79 | - | 32 |
| Crossfields | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Croydon High | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Croydon Tech | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | - | 6 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | - | - | - | 76 | - | - | - | 174 | - | 6 | - |
| Cypress | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 27 | 11 | 17 |
| Davidson | 30 | 31 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | - | 13 | - | 8 | - | 3 | - | 11 | - | - | - | 14 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | 40 | 53 | 35 |
| Duppas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 35 | 42 | 20 | 37 | 39 | 44 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 102 | 124 | 64 | 93 | ||
| Ecclesbourne | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | - | 15 | - | 14 | - | 4 | - | 31 | - | 6 | - | 23 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 11 | 111 | 9 | 34 |
| Elmood | 52 | 44 | 49 | 40 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 42 | 56 | 38 | 49 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 123 | 138 | 111 | 115 |
| Fairchildes | - | . | - | . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | - | 34 | - | 24 | - | 21 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 63 | 2 | 3 | - | 27 | 70 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 17 | - | 4 | 156 | 167 | 22 | 78 | |
| Gilbert Soott | 53 | 53 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 42 | 37 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 117 | 117 | 88 | 86 |
| Gonville | 21 | 40 | 19 | 36 | 16 | 31 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 53 | 38 | 45 | 30 | 14 | 22 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 114 | 141 | 94 | 132 |
| Good Siepherd | - | - | - | - | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 20 | 10 | 17 |
| Heath Clark | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 2 | 16 | 13 | - | 1 | 45 | 27 | 4 | 3 |
| Howard | 7 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 41 | 8 | 33 |
| Ingram | 12 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 15 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 56 | - | 11 | - | 13 | - | 3 | - | 41 | - | - | - | 54 | - | 3 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 190 | 33 | 35 | 32 |
| John Newnham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 22 | - | - | 22 | 12 | - | 2 | 9 | 6 | - | - | 80 | 40 | 3 | 2 | ||
| John Ruskin | . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 94 | - | 19 | - | 43 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 58 | - | 1 | - | 58 | - | 1 | - | 261 | - | 26 | - |
| Kensington | 35 | 47 | 29 | 46 | 41 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 33 | 23 | 19 | 45 | 41 | 43 | 34 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 175 | 174 | 146 | 141 |
| Kingsley | 23 | 27 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 76 | 32 | 49 | 22 |
| Lady Edridge | - | . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 108 | - | 25 | - | 72 | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 181 | - | 47 | ||||
| Lanfranc | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74 | 30 | 23 | 22 | 41 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 115 | 99 | 12 | 38 | 109 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 340 | 169 | 55 | 84 | ||
| Monks Orchard | 70 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 29 | 22 | 22 | |
| Norbury Manor | 26 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 51 | 28 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | - | r | - | - | 40 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 57 | 9 | 35 | - | 21 | - | 13 | 36 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 65 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 5 | - | - | 243 | 295 | 120 | 166 |
| Our Lady's Convent | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 23 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 58 | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Oval | 40 | 46 | 34 | 41 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 34 | 22 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 113 | 124 | 84 | 106 |
| Overbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 16 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Parish Oiurch | ?8 | 17 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | - | 5 | - | 7 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | 50 | 51 | 39 |
| Portland | 18 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 8 | - | - | - | 20 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 18 | 61 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 101 | 118 | 57 | 67 | |
| Purley Oaks | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 2 | 33 | 2 |
| Rockmount | 37 | 23 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 65 | 51 | 53 | 42 |
| Rowdown | - | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | |||
| St. Andrew' s | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 24 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 62 | 69 | 11 | 26 | |||
| St. Qiristopher's | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |||
| St.Joseph's | 34 | 20 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 39 | 19 | 18 | 42 | 22 | 27 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 118 | 104 | 86 | 60 |
| St. Mart's | 16 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 41 | 25 | 29 |
| St. Mary's | 1 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 13 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | - | 4 | 75 | 97 | 30 | 40 | |
| St. Michael's | 10 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 18 | 12 | 14 | |
| St' Peter's | - | 11 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 19 | 20 | 16 | |||
Continued overleaf.