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Croydon 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The approximate acreage of the Wards is as follows:—
| Areas in Acres. | Wards. |
|---|---|
| 1660 | flipper Norwood (sub-division). |
| (Thornton Heath do. | |
| 980 | South Norwood. |
| 2179 | West. |
| 404 | Central. |
| 2209 | East. |
| 1580 | South. |
| 90I2 |
THE BIRTHS during the year numbered 3,894, of which 1979
were boys and 1915 were girls. The birth rate equalled 26.4 per
1,000 as compared with 27.2 for England and Wales.
Of the total births, 180, or 4.6 per cent., were illegitimate.
The births were distributed as follows:—
| Total, | Birth rate per 1ooo estimated populat on, | |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood Sub-division | *134 | l6.I |
| South ,, | 384 | 19.8 |
| Central ,, | 344 | 20.1 |
| East ,, | 387 | 22.8 |
| BOROUGH | 3894 | 26.4 |
| South Norwood Ward | 648 | 29.0 |
| Thornton Heath | 466 | 29.9 |
| West Ward | 1446 | 30.2 |
| The Workhouse | 85 |
*lncluding n births at 89, Central Hill.
DEATHS.—During the year, 1941 deaths were registered in the
Borough or 13.1 per 1000. One hundred and five of the deaths
registered in the Borough were those of strangers dying at the
Workhouse or Infirmary, 21 of strangers dying at the Croydon General
Hospital, 15 at the Cottage Hospital, Upper Norwood, while one
death from scarlet fever at the Borough Hospital occurred among
patients admitted from Penge.
If we deduct these 142 deaths and add 30 deaths at the Mental
Hospital, Warlingham, and 53 deaths of Croydon residents known
to have occurred outside the district during the same period, we
get anett total of 1,882 deaths, which is equal to 127 per 1,000, as
compared with 15.2 for England and Wales, 157 for the 76 great
towns, 14.4 for the 141 smaller towns, 14.9 for England and Wales
less the 217 towns.