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SUMMARY OF ANNUAL HEALTH REPORT FOR 1905.
COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.
Area—9,012 acres.
Soil and Situation—Croydon is situated in the County of Surrey,
10 miles south of London Bridge. The greater part of the
Borough is in the watershed of the Wandle, the remainder
draining towards the Effra and Ravensbourne. The subsoil in
the north of the Borough is London clay, while the upper chalk
comes to the surface in the south, the clay and chalk being
separated by a strip of lower London tertiaries comprised of
beds of clay, sand and pebbles. Both the London clay and
chalk are in parts overlaid by irregularly disposed beds of
gravel.
Altitude-—The height above ordnance datum varies from 375 feet at
All Saints' Church, Upper Norwood, to 110 feet at Mitcham
Road ; Average about 250 feet above ordnance datum.
Population—Census of 1901—133,895.
Estimated Population, June, 1905—147,704.
Estimated Inhabited Houses, 1905—29,397.
Rateable Value, £1,047,906.
General District Rate, 3s. rod. in the £.
Poor Rate, including Education Rate, 3s. iod. in the £.
VITAL STATISTICS, 1905.
Birth Rate, per 1,000 living, 26-4.
Death Rate, per 1,000 living, 127.
Infantile Mortality, per 1,000 births, 96.
Isolation Hospitals—For Fever at Waddon Marsh Lane. For
Small-pox at North Cheam.
Water Supply—From the Thames, and from deep wells in the
chalk.