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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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As regards the ages of the population, I. have arranged
the following table, which shows the numbers living at
12 age groups per thousand living at all ages.
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 | |
| Ml Ages. | 1000 | 480 | 520 | 1000 | 498 | 502 |
| 0 to | 115 | 58 | 57 | 123 | 61 | 62 |
| 5 to | 125 | 63 | 62 | 122 | 61 | 61 |
| 10 to | 127 | 65 | 62 | 116 | 59 | 57 |
| 15 to | 88 | 41 | 47 | 97 | 52 | 45 |
| 20 to | 81 | 34 | 47 | 80 | 40 | 40 |
| 25 to | 142 | 65 | 77 | 134 | 66 | 69 |
| 35 to | 120 | 59 | 61 | 107 | 52 | 55 |
| 45 to | 88 | 42 | 46 | 88 | 43 | 45 |
| 55 to | 58 | 27 | 31 | 67 | 33 | 34 |
| 65 to | 40 | 19 | 21 | 46 | 22 | 24 |
| 75 to | 14 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 9 |
| 85 and upwards | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
This table is necessarily based on the population
figures including all public institutions, as there are no
data whereby they can be excluded. The most obvious
feature in the above table is the relatively small number
of persons in this district between the ages of 15 and 20,
as compared with all other rural districts, and, further,
while the males at this age group are considerably less,
the females are slightly more numerous than is the case
in all other rural districts.
(b) Inhabited Houses and Density of Population.
The number of inhabited houses increased from
8,730 in 1881 to 4,845 in 1891, or by nearly 30 per cent.,
as compared with 12.8 for England and Wales.