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Croydon 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

Published
1894
Pages
46
Tables
11

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11 tables in this report

  • Page 4
    altogether. These parishes are, as follows, given in the order of greatest to smallest, in point of area:—
    Name ofArea inName ofArea in
  • Page 5
    Table giving the number of females per 1,000 males living in 1891, in the whole district, in each parish, and in some other places.
  • Page 6
    Numbers of Males and Females at 12 age Groups per thousand persons of all ages in the Croydon Rural District, and in the Rural Districts of England and Wales respectively.
    Ages.Croydon Rural District.Rural Districts of England and Wales.
    Persons.Males.Females.Persons.Males.Females
  • Page 7
    Table showing Total number of Tenements in the District, and the Tenements with less than 5 rooms, distinguishing those occupied by various numbers of persons.
    Total Tenements.Rooms in Tenements.Number of Tenements with less than 5 rooms.Number of Occupants of Tenements.
    123456789101119
  • Page 9
    The population of each parish, and the number of inhabited houses at the middle of 1893 may be estimated as follows:—
    Parish.Number of Inhabited Houses.Population.Parish.Number of Inhabited Houses.Population
  • Page 10
    Table giving the number of births in each parish from July to December, 1893, with the corresponding annual birth-rate.
    Parish.Registered Births.Annual Birth rate per thousand of Population.
  • Page 11
    Table showing the number of deaths belonging to each parish from July to December, 1893, with the corresponding annual death rate.
    Parish.Registered Deaths.Annual death-rate per thousand of population.
  • Page 14
    The incidence of the disease in the various parishes affected was as follows:—
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    (A) TABLE OP DEATHS during the last Six Months of the year 1893, in the Rural Sanitary District of Croydon, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localitiesMortality from all Causes, at Subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, Distinguishing deaths of children under 5 years of age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.60 and upwards.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.MembrMnous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic FeverAgue.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    abcdefghi12345678910111213141516171819202122
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    (B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the last Six Months of the Year 1893, in the Rural Sanitary District of Croydon, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Casts of Sickness in each locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such cases Removed from their homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1893.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid. 1Continued.RelapsingPuerperal.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.
    Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)123456789101112123456789101112
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    (C) INSPECTORS' REPORTS of the SANITARY WORK completed in the Year 1893.
    PARISHES.No. of Complaints received during the year.No of Houses, Premises, &c., Inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Privies and Waterclosets.Ash Pits.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
    Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious Character.Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.Ventilated.Repaired. Ac.Supplied with Water.New provided.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns (new) Erected.Cisterns, Cleansed, Repaired and Covered.Waste Pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses Registered under 35th Section of the "Sanitary Act, 1866," or 90th Section of "Public Health Act, 1875."Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to.Removal of Accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.Animals Removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal Proceedings, i.e, Summonses.
    Bakehouses.Licensed Cowsheds.Licensed Slaughter-houses.