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Croydon 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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rate in any other year on record. Compared with the
average in the 10 years, 1899-1908, the birth rate in
1909 shows a decrease of 2.2 per thousand.
Registered Births and Birth Rates.
| Parish. | Estimated Population middle of 1909. | Registered Births. | Birth Bates. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | ||
| Addington | 695 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 101 | 15 9 | 201 |
| Beddington | 8740 | 123 | 157 | 162 | 176 | 194 | 21.0 | 22.2 | 22 8 | 22.0 | 22.1 |
| Coulsdon | 9300 | 150 | 183 | 163 | 200 | 223 | 21.2 | 23.2 | 19.1 | 22.7 | 23.9 |
| Mitcham | 27900 | 642 | 721 | 716 | 863 | 796 | 311 | 31.9 | 27.7 | 32.3 | 28.5 |
| Morden | 1125 | 20 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 19.5 | 28.2 | 21.8 | 220 | 25.7 |
| Sanderstead | 2700 | 28 | 35 | 49 | 53 | 54 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 16.5 | 20.6 | 20.0 |
| Wallington | 8750 | 155 | 155 | 138 | 139 | 165 | 19.8 | 18.5 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 18.8 |
| Woodmansterne | 1090 | 21 | 29 | 44 | 19 | 38 | 27.2 | 30.5 | 41.5 | 16.5 | 34.8 |
| 60300 | 1150 | 1320 | 1303 | 1487 | 1513 | 25.7 | 26.7 | 24.6 | 25.8 | 25.0 | |
Deaths.
Exclusive of those Deaths which occurred in Public
Institutions situated within the district, the deaths
registered during the year numbered 545. This number
includes those persons from within the district who died
outside, either at the Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary,
or at the General Hospital at Croydon; the Surrey
County Asylum at Brookwood; the Cottage Hospital at
Carshalton; or the Council's Isolation Hospital at
Beddington Corner. The number of these Deaths was 104.
The mortality corresponds to a death rate of 9.0 per
thousand of population, as against 10.1 last year, 9.7 in
1907, 11.3 in 1906, 9.6 in 1905, 11.0 in 1904, and 10.4
in 1903, and as against an average of 11.1 during the
ten years 1899-1908.