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HEALTH REPORT
of the
Crondon Rural District,
1894.
To the Members of the Croydon Rural District Council,
Mr. Chairman, Mrs. Pitt, and Gentlemen,—
I have the honour to present to you the following report
and statistical tables for the year 1894.
I.—AREA AND POPULATION.
The total area of the District is 22,766 acres, and comprises
9 parishes. The largest parish, in point of area, is Coulsdon;
and the smallest is Wallington.
The population of the District in 1891, when the census was
taken, was 28,717. This figure includes the population of three
institutions, which must be deducted to obtain the true population
of the District, in order to render the statistical deductions
reliable. The three institutions are Cane Hill Asylum, in Coulsdon,
and the Holborn Union Workhouse and Schools in Mitcham,
the inmates of which numbered in 1891, 2,484. The true
population of the District in 1891, was thus reduced to 26,233,
and was made up of 12,483 males and 13,750 females. The
population of the District at the previous census of 1881, after
making corresponding deductions was 21,159. The parish with
the largest population was Mitcham, and the smallest Woodmansterne.
The number of inhabited houses in the District in 1891
was 4,845, having increased from 3,730 in 1881.
The average number of persons living in each house in the
District was 5.4; the highest average existed in Coulsdon, and
the lowest in Woodmansterne and Addington.
The density of the population on area in 1891, in the whole
District, was .86 acre per person, compared with l.29 acres
throughout England and Wales. The densest parishes were
Wallington and Mitcham, and the least dense was Sanderstead.