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Croydon 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD TABLES.TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1896, in the Croydon Rural District, classified according toD iseases, A ges, andL ocalities.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD TABLES.

TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1896, in the Croydon Rural District, classified according toD iseases, A ges, andL ocalities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all cadses, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwards.Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous CroupFevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea ! and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and PleurisyHeart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidCon-tinued.Relapsing.Puer. peral.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22
addington5......1...22Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..............................................12.........25
BEDDINGTON19612244Under 5.......................................1......2.........47
5 upwds..............................................114...1512
coulsdon321121...135Under 5.................................11.........2.........913
5 upwds...........................................1116...1919
merton3610431117Under 5....................................12......2.........914
5 upwds.......2......1........................11...3...11322
mitcham1976340793939Under 5......21.....................16713...319......338103
5 upwds................2...............1...11121111...45194
morden51.........31Under 5............................................................11
5 upwds.................................................1.........34
sanderstead932...121Under 5....................................1.........2.........25
5 upwds..............................................1...1......24
WALLINGTON3875121310Under 5....................................11......3......1612
5 upwds..............................................422...11726
WOODMANSTERNE63.........3...Under 5....................................2..................13
5 upwds..........................................................123
FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM BEDDINGTON.....................Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds...................................................................
RUSSELL HILL SCHOOL, BEDDINGTON.....................Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds...................................................................
REEDHAM ORPHANAGE, COULSDON1......1.........Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds...........................................1..................1
CANE HILL ASYLUM, COULSDON160......1710745Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..............................................10161611116160
HOLBORN WORKHOUSE, MITCHAM40............1624Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds........................................1151310...1940
HOLBORN SCHOOLS, MITCHAM9...54.........Under 5.................................5...........................5
5 upwds..................................1........................34
Gross Totals557104592122213138Under 5......21.....................221317...330...1470163
5 Upwds.......2......3...............2...25364753111232394
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging thereto, and which must be added to above3811261612Under 5......1.............................................12
5upwds................2......1............245...41836
Deaths occurring within the District among persons not belonging thereto, and which must be deducted from above209...55712369Under 5...........................5...........................5
5upwds............................1...1115292612128204
CORRECTED TOTALS38610555182110681Under 5......31...............171317...330...1471160
5 upwds.......2......5......11...14232232...13122226