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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The average annual death-rate during the preceding ten
years was 12.3 per 1,000 living. The previous highest rate
occurred in 1893, when it was 14.5 per 1,000, and the lowest in
1894, when it was 10.6.
The death-rate for England and Wales in 1896 was 17T per
1,000, as compared with an average of 18.8 per 1,000 during the
ten preceding years.
The distribution of the deaths of 1896 in the District is
shown in the following table, from which it appears that in the
individual parishes the death-rate per 1,000 varied from 5.5 in
Morden, and 6.6 in Beddington, to 16'7 in Sanderstead, and 17.9
in Mitcham.
*Mortality in 1896.
| Parish. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of population. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females | Total. | ||
| Addington | 5 | S | 8 | 11.9 |
| Beddington | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6.6 |
| Coulsdon | 18 | 20 | 38 | 9.8 |
| Merton | 20 | 19 | 39 | 10.7 |
| Mitcham | 116 | 95 | 211 | 17.9 |
| Morden | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5.5 |
| Sanderstead | 8 | 3 | 11 | 16.7 |
| Wallington | 15 | 31 | 46 | 10.7 |
| Woodmansterne | 8 | 0 | 8 | 16.5 |
The death-rate of the District in each of the four quarters of 1896, ending March 31st, June 30th, September 30th, and December 31st, is shown in the following table.
| Deaths. | Death-rate. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter | 87 | 11.8 |
| 2nd „ | 75 | 10.2 |
| 3rd „ | 113 | 15.4 |
| 4th „ | 111 | 15.1 |
| The year | 386 | 13.2 |
"Exclusive of the deaths of non.residents occuring in public institutions
in the District, but inclusive of the deaths of residents occurring in public
institutions outside the District.