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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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The deaths of children between the ages of one and
five years, numbering 70, gives a percentage of 10.7 of
total deaths, as against 12.9 in 1906, 7.7 in 1905, 8.0 in
1904, 6.7 in 1903, and 9.2 in 1902.
The deaths occurring in persons over 65 years of age, numbering 149, give a percentage of 22.9 of total deaths, as against 21.5 in 1906, 27.4 in 1905, 22.8 in 1904, 28 3 in 1903, and 27.5 in 1902.
| Parish. | Children under One Year. | Children between One and Five. | People over 65 Years. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | |
| Addington | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Beddington | 15 | 9 | 11 | o | 1 | i | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 |
| Coulsdon | 9 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 13 |
| Merton | 21 | 22 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 28 | 32 |
| Mitcham | 86 | 78 | 118 | 92 | 31 | 26 | 54 | 37 | 44 | 72 | 47 | 53 |
| Mordeu | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Sanderstead | 6 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Wallington | 15 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 31 | 25 |
| Woodmansterne | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 158 | 138 199 | 170 | 42 | 41 | 88 | 70 | 119 | 145 | 146 | 149 | |