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Croydon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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From the Registrar General's Annual Summary for 1910 it is
seen that Croydon maintains its position at the head of what were
the 33 great towns. But several of the other 76 towns present a
considerably lower figuie than Croydon.
Table A.— Crude and Corrected Death Rates per 1,000 Persons living in 77 Great Towns in 1905.9 and in 1910.
| Towns, in the order of their Corrected Death rates, 1910. | Factor for Correction for Sex & Age Distribution1 | Crude Death rate. | Corrected Death rate. | Comparative Mortality Figure, 1910.† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average 1905.9. | 1910. | Average 1905.9. | 1910. | |||
| Cols. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| England and Wales | 1.0000 | 14.96 | 13.36 | 14.96 | 13.36 | 1,000 |
| England & Wales, less the 77 Great Towns. | 9.9637 | 14.69} | 13.31 | 14.18 | 12 83 | 960 |
| 77 Towns | 1.0627 | 15.28 | 13.42 | 16.23 | 14 26 | 1,067 |
| Kings Norton | 1.0456 | 9.81 | 8 .01 | 10.26 | 8.38 | 627 |
| Hornsey | 1.1400 | 8.33 | 7.71 | 9.50 | 8.79 | 658 |
| Handsworth (taffs.) | 1.1007 | 10.40 | 8.41 | 11.45 | 9.26 | 693 |
| East Ham | 1.0671 | 10.93 | 8.92 | 11.66 | 9.52 | 713 |
| Leyton | 1 .0285 | 10.83 | 9.27 | 11.14 | 9.53 | 713 |
| Walthamstow | 1.0572 | 11.12 | 91.1 | 11.76 | 9 63 | 721 |
| Willesden | 1.0728 | 11.13 | 913 | 11.94 | 9.79 | 733 |
| Reading | 1.0343 | 12.36 | 9.91 | 12.78 | 10.25 | 767 |
| Croydon | 1.0250 | 12.55 | 11.00 | 12 86 | 11 .28 | 844 |
| Southampton | 0.9942 | 13.34 | 11 76 | 13.26 | 11.69 | 875 |
| Northampton | 1.0397 | 12.18 | 11.40 | 12 66 | 11.85 | 887 |
| Bristol | 1.0273 | 13.69 | 11.54 | 14 06 | 11.86 | 888 |
| Norwich | 0 9511 | 15.31 | 12.47 | 14 61 | 11 90 | 891 |
| Smethwick | 1.0940 | 13.29 | 10.88 | 14 54 | 11.90 | 891 |
| Derby | 1.0778 | 13.91 | 11.07 | 14.99 | 11.93 | 893 |
| Aston Manor | 1.1087 | 13 05 | 10.82 | 14.47 | 12 00 | 898 |
| Leicester | 1.0671 | 13.21 | 11.29 | 14 10 | 12 05 | 902 |
| Hastings | 0 9616 | 1.2.64 | 12.54 | 12 15 | 12 06 | 903 |
| York | 1 0297 | 13.40 | 11.77 | 13.80 | 12.12 | 907 |
| Burton upon rent | 1.0747 | 12.26 | 11.29 | 13 18 | 12.13 | 908 |
| Devonport | 1.0486 | 13 02 | 11.60 | 1365 | 12.16 | 910 |
| Bournemouth | 1 0566 | 12.74 | 11 69 | 13.46 | 12.35 | 9.24 |
| Tottenham | 1.0791 | 12.81 | 11.45 | 13.82 | 12 36 | 925 |
| West Ham | 1.0696 | 14.61 | 11.69 | 15.63 | 12.50 | 936 |
| West Hartlepool | 1.0980 | 13.43 | 11.51 | 14 75 | 12 64 | 946 |
| Walsall | 10590 | 14.75 | 12 01 | 15 62 | 12 72 | 952 |
| West Uromwich | 10085 | 16 07 | 12.70 | 16.21 | 12.81 | 959 |
| Cardiff | 1.0875 | 13.69 | 11.89 | 14.89 | 12.93 | 968 |
| Wolverhampton | 1 0343 | 15 04 | 12.55 | 15 56 | 12.98 | 972 |
| Plymouth | 0.9750 | 15.46 | 13.50 | 1507 | 1316 | 985 |
| Great Yarmouth | 0.9152 | 16.12 | 14.43 | 14.75 | 13.21 | 989 |
| Ipswich | 0.9766 | 14.40 | 13.57 | 14.06 | 13.25 | 992 |
* The factor for Correction is the figure by which the Crude Death.rate should
be multiplied in order to correct for differences of age and sex constitution of
population.
† The Comparative Mortality Figure represents the corrected Death.rate in each
town compared with the death.rate at all ages in England and Wales during 1910,
the latter being taken as 1,000.
†For the years 1905.9 the group of Great Towns consists of 76 towns, the
Factor for Correction for England and Wales less the 76 Great Towns being 09652
and that for the 76 Great Towns 10621.