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Croydon 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: B. TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Croydon Rural District, classified according toDiseases, Ages,andLocalities.

B. TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Croydon Rural District, classified according toDiseases, Ages,andLocalities.

NAMES OF LOCALITIES, adopted for the purpose of these statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.New Cases op 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 Hospitals.
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Enteric or Typhoid Fever.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1896.Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinued.Relapsing.Puerperal
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.131.2.3.4.
ADDINGTON67067019Under 5...................................................
5 upwds....................................................
BEDDINGTON2607302063Under 5..............................156...............
5 upwds....13......1............168......11...
COULSDON3335386074Under 5.................................21...............
5 upwds....43......2............126............1
MERTON3360365590Under 5......2........................102...............
5 upwds....69......1............2103......2......
MITCHAM1075811790362Under 5...251.....................332......12...
5 upwds....107......72.........9294......611
morden76391022Under 5..............................12...............
5 upwds.......1........................3...............
Sanderstead50966016Under 5...................................................
5 upwds................1..............................1
WALLINGTON3823430099Under 5..............................111...............
5 upwds....84......2............119......21...
WOODMANSTERNE40848520Under 5...2...........................3†......2......
5 upwds....2...........................2......2......
FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM BEDDINGTON...(145)*...Under 5...................................................
5 upwds....187.....................1.........1l...
RUSSELL HILL SCHOOL, BEDDINGTON...(275)*Under 5...................................................
...5 upwds....................................................
REEDHAM ORPHANAGE, COULSDON...(300)*...Under 5...................................................
5 upwds....................................................
CANE HILL ASYLUM, COULSDON11152110...Under 5...................................................
5 upwds....5........................1..................
HOLBORN WORKHOUSE, MITUHAM892700...Under 5...................................................
...5 upwds...................................................
HOLBORN SCHOOLS, MITCHAM477480...Under 5......3........................22.........1...
5 upwds....71.....................1419......61...
Totals2871732640765Under 5...4101..................3549......33...
5 upwds....6135......142.........30534......2053
(Excluding last 3 Institutions)2623329350

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* Included in Beddington and Coulsdon.
† These cases were at Smitham Bottom, practically in Coulsdon parish,but technically in the parish of Woodmansterne.