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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Mortality.*
| Parish. | Population estimated to middle of 1905. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | ||
| Addington | 670 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 14.0 | 19.3 | 8.0 | 15.7 | 16.4 |
| Beddington | 5789 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 45 | 39 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 6.7 |
| Coulsdon | 7137 | 40 | 31 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 9.8 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| Merton | 9150 | 62 | 71 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 14.5 | 10.0 | 8.7 |
| Mitcham | 20617 | 200 | 202 | 195 | 247 | 270 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 14.5 | 13.0 |
| Morden | 1035 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 13.5 | 9.0 | 12.7 | 6.3 | 14.4 |
| Sanderstead | 1660 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 4.7 |
| Wallington | 7935 | 54 | 57 | 58 | 74 | 62 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 7.8 |
| Woodmansterne | 770 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13.1 | 8.2 | 13.6 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| 54763 | 418 | 424 | 431 | 521 | 529 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 9.6 | |
* Exclusive of deaths of non-residents occurring in public institutions in the
District, but inclusive of deaths of residents occurring in public institutions
outside the District.
N..B.—The number of deaths occurring to non-residents in public institutions
in the District in 1905 was 178.
Mortality at Different Ages.
Infantile Mortality.—The number of infants under
the age of one year who died during 1905 was 138, as.
against 158 in 1904, 109 in 1903, 106 in 1902, 105 in
1901, and 102 in 1900, the infantile mortality rate,
therefore, being 98 per thousand births, as against 123
in 1904, 94 in 1903, 108 in 1902, 109 in 1901, and 118
in 1900, and an average of 120 in the ten years 1895 to
1904.
The deaths of children under the age of one year,
numbering 138, gives a rate of 26.0 of the deaths at.
all ages, as against 30.3 in 1904, 25.5 in 1903, 25 0 in
1902, and 25.1 in 1901, and 25 3 in 1900.
The rate of mortality in England and Wales among
infants under one year of age to thousand registered
births was 128, which is 18 per thousand below the rate