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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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TABLE I.
For whole District, for Calendar Year 1904.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Disti ict. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.1 | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| a | b | c | d | e | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1895. | 114,923 | 2906 | 25.3 | 397 | 136 | 1687 | 14.7 | 271 | 58 | 15 | 1629 | 14.2 |
| 1896. | 118,006 | 2964 | 25.1 | 457 | 154 | 1721 | 14.6 | 283 | 73 | 21 | 1669 | 14.1 |
| 1897. | 121,171 | 3034 | 25.0 | 423 | 139 | 1622 | 13.4 | 315 | 64 | 10 | 1568 | 12.9 |
| 1898. | 124,421 | 3150 | 25.3 | 482 | 153 | 1777 | 14.3 | 347 | 85 | 18 | 1710 | 13.7 |
| 1899. | 127,759 | 3204 | 25.1 | 500 | 156 | 1993 | 15.6 | 431 | 101 | 7 | 1899 | 14.9 |
| 1900. | 131,186 | 3270 | 24.9 | 432 | 132 | 1977 | 15.1 | 419 | 63 | 6 | 1920 | 14.6 |
| 1901. | 134,665 | 3578 | 26.6 | 501 | 140 | 1829 | 13.6 | 383 | 83 | 2 | 1748 | 12.9 |
| 1902. | 137,917 | 3576 | 25.9 | 476 | 133 | 1965 | 14.3 | 429 | 74 | 13 | 1904 | 13.8 |
| 1903. | 141,157 | 3726 | 26.4 | 386 | 104 | 1740 | 12.3 | 454 | 129 | 57 | 1670 | 11.8 |
| 1904. | 144,419 | 3769 | 26.1 | 483 | 128 | 2071 | 14.3 | 598 | 148 | 75 | 1998 | 13.8 |
| Averages for years 1895—1904 | 129,562 | 3318 | 25.6 | 454 | 138 | 1838 | 14.2 | 393 | 88 | 22 | 1772 | 13.7 |
| 1905. | 147,704 | 3894 | 26 4 | 372 | 96 | 1941 | 13 1 | 541 | 142 | 83 | 1882 | 12-7 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
a These are total births (uncorrected) for Institutions.
b These are corrected for the Borough Hospital and Workhouse.
c Includes all deaths of residents and non-residents in Workhouse, Workhouse
Infirmary, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Cottage Hospital, 89,
Central Hill '.Servants' Reformatory), and Court Royal Convalescent Home,
South Norwood Hill.
d Deaths of non-residents have been excluded in the case of the Workhouse,
Workhouse Infirmary, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Cottage
Hospital, 89, Central Hill (Servants'Reformatory), and Court Royal Convalescent
Home, South Norwood Hill. Prior to 1903 correction was only made for the
first three institutions.
e In 1903 arrangements were made for the first time whereby deaths of
Croydon persons in the London district were notified to the Medical Officer of
Health.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 9,012.
At Census of 1901.—Total population at all ages, 133,895; number of
inhabited houses, 25,726 ; average number of persons per house, 5.2.