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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 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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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. |
|---|---|---|
| Addington | 4 | 11.9 |
| Beddington | 12 | 8.7 |
| Coulsdon | 16 | 9.2 |
| Merton | 27 | 15.3 |
| Mitcham | 110 | 19.3 |
| Morden | 6 | 15.6 |
| Sanderstead | 3 | 11.8 |
| Wallington | 25 | 12.0 |
| Woodmansterne | 3 | 14.1 |
The average death rate for the whole of England and
Wales for the ten years, 1881 to 1890, was 19.'1.
The Deaths of Infants under 1 year numbered 68,
which is at the rate of 185 per thousand registered births.
The average rate for the ten years, 1881 to 1890, in
England and Wales was 142. Forty-seven of these
infantile deaths occurred in Mitcham, giving the bad
rate of 276 deaths of infants tinder 1 year per thousand
births for that parish. As to the other parishes, the rate
was nil in Morden, Sanderstead, and Woodmansterne,
and, in the remaining, varied from 57 in Coulsdon to 182
in Merton. The excessive rate in Mitcham was due to
25 deaths from Whooping Cough and Diarrhœa.
The Deaths of Children under 5 years numbered 82, or
39 per cent, of the total deaths.
The Deaths from Pulmonary Consumption numbered
13 or .9 per thousand of population at all ages per annum,
as compared with 1.6 for England and Wales in 1891,
while the Deaths from all Tubercular Diseases numbered
18, or 1.8 per thousand of population.