Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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WARD STATISTICS
WARDS | Estimated Population | Births | Birth Rate | Deaths | Death Rate | Deaths under 1 year | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births | Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 .years) | Death Rate from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | Deaths from Bronchitis and Pneumonia | Death Rate from Bronchitis and Pneumonia | Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Deaths from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Death Rate from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Deaths from Heart and Circulatory Diseases | Death Rate from Heart and Circulatory Diseases | Deaths from Cancer | •Death Rate from Cancer | Natural IncreaBe of births over deaths |
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Upper Norwood | 17290 | 310 | 17.9 | 236 | 13.6 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 0.05 | 22 | 1. 27 | - | - | - | - | 96 | 5.55 | 46 | 2.66 | + 74 |
Norbury | 16049 | 177 | 11.0 | 174 | 10.8 | 3 | 17 | - | - | 16 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 65 | 4.05 | 31 | 1.93 | + 3 |
West Thornton | 1679 5 | 226 | 13.5 | 176 | 10.5 | 5 | 22 | - | - | 28 | 1.66 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 46 | 2.74 | 48 | 2.86 | + 50 |
Ben sham Manor | 16807 | 193 | 11.5 | 190 | 11.3 | 3 | 15 | - | - | 26 | 1.55 | 3 | 0.18 | - | - | 53 | 3.15 | 46 | 2.74 | + 3 |
Thornton Heath | 15817 | 228 | 14.4 | 175 | 11.1 | 3 | 13 | - | - | 20 | 1.26 | 2 | 0.13 | 1 | - | 65 | 4.11 | 31 | 1.96 | + 53 |
South Norwood | 16009 | 322 | 20.1 | 203 | 12.7 | 8 | 25 | - | - | 29 | 1.81 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 67 | 4.18 | 47 | 2.94 | + 119 |
Woodslde | 14649 | 201 | 13.7 | 178 | 12. 1 | 6 | 30 | - | - | 18 | 1.23 | 1 | 0.07 | - | - | 48 | 3.28 | 56 | 3.82 | + 23 |
East | 16861 | 186 | 11.0 | 197 | 11.7 | 5 | 27 | - | - | 17 | 1.1 | - | - | - | - | 63 | 3.74 | 43 | 2.55 | - 11 |
Shirley | 12815 | 144 | 11.2 | 134 | 10.5 | 2 | 14 | - | - | 10 | 0.78 | - | - | - | - | 52 | 4.06 | 26 | 2.03 | + 10 |
Addlscorabe | 1569 2 | 239 | 15.2 | 207 | 13.2 | 6 | 25 | - | - | 30 | 1.91 | 3 | 0.19 | - | - | 70 | 4.46 | 43 | 2.74 | + 32 |
Whltehorse Manor | 13352 | 237 | 17.8 | 182 | 13.6 | 6 | 25 | - | - | 21 | 1.57 | 4 | 0.30 | - | - | 63 | 4.72 | 35 | 2.62 | + 55 |
Broad Green | 13409 | 213 | 15.8 | 150 | 11.2 | 4 | 19 | - | - | 26 | 1.94 | 2 | 0.15 | - | - | 48 | 3.58 | 21 | 1.57 | + 63 |
Central | 10855 | 151 | 13.9 | 139 | 12.8 | 2 | 13 | - | - | 15 | 1.38 | 1 | 0.09 | - | - | 60 | 5.53 | 30 | 2.76 | + 12 |
Waddon | 15430 | 229 | 14.8 | 167 | 10.8 | 6 | 26 | - | - | 13 | 0.84 | 3 | 0.19 | - | - | 54 | 3.50 | 39 | 2.53 | + 62 |
South | 16418 | 217 | 13.2 | 293 | 17.8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0.06 | 24 | 1.46 | 1 | 0.06 | - | - | 110 | 6.70 | 53 | 3.23 | - 76 |
Addlngton | 20752 | 532 | 25.6 | 78 | 3.8 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0.05 | 8 | 0.39 | 1 | 0.05 | - | - | 27 | 1.30 | 18 | 0.87 | + 454 |
The Borough | 249000 | 3805 | 15.3 | 2879 | 12. 2 | 80 | 21 | 3 | 0.01 | 323 | 1.30 | 24 | 0.10 | 1 | - | 987 | 3.96 | 613 | 2.46 | + 926 |
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 nore than
six months.
*Death Rate per 1,000 population.