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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Parish. | I'opulation estimated to middle of 1907. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | ||
| Addington | 690 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8.0 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 5.7 | 10.1 | |
| Beddington | 7100 | 34 | 45 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.7 |
| Coulsdon | 8500 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 79 | 69 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 10.0 | 8.1 |
| Merton | 11300 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 118 | 120 | 14.5 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 12.5 | |
| Mitcham | 25800 | 195 | 247 | 270 | 308 | 286 | 12.9 | 13.0 | |||
| Morden | 1100 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 12.7 | 6.3 | 14.4 | |||
| Sanderstead | 2350 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 4.7 | |||
| Wallington | 8400 | 58 | 74 | 62 | 96 | 76 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 7.8 | 11.5 | 9.0 |
| Woodmansterne | 1060 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13.6 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 7.5 | |
| 66300 | 431 | 521 | 529 | 679 | 649 | 10.4 | 9.7 | ||||
* 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 1907 was 239.
Mortality at Different Ages.
Infantile Mortality.—The number of infants under
the age of one year who died during 1907 was 170, as
against 199 in 1906, 138 in 1905, 158 in 1904, 109 in
1903, and 106 in 1902,the infantile mortality rate,
therefore, being 103 per thousand births, as against 124
in 1906, 98 in 1905, 123 in 1904, 94 in 1903, 108 in
1902, and an average of 117 in the ten years 1897 to
l906.
The deaths of children under the age of one year,
numbering 170, gives a percentage rate of 26.1 of the
deaths at all ages, as against 293 in 1906, 26.0 in 1905
29 3 in 1904, 25.5 in 1903, and 25.0 in 1902.
The rate of Mortality in England and Wales among
infants under one year of age to 1000 registered births,
was 118, which is 14 per 1000 below the rate in 1906.
The rate in 1907 was lower than the rate in any other
year on record.